Parthiban Muniandy
Biographic Data
| ID | 369005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Parthiban Muniandy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Parthiban |
| FAMILY NAME | Muniandy |
| SIGNATURE | MUNIANDY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8491-0682 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From the pasar to the mamak stall
This paper examines how different groups of migrant workers and communities become absorbed into the informal and formal economies of the developing South. Due to the unique historical context of labour migration in Malaysia, this study suggests that questions about migrant and refugee integration need to be recast in an inter-connected manner. Here, the experiences of refugees, documented and undocumented migrant workers are examined through the…
Defiant aspirations
This paper examines migrant women’s agency through narratives of the aspirations and long-term plans they make, despite the precarious conditions that temporary labor migration regimes impose on them and their families. By focusing on how migrant women develop and pursue their aspirations, we examine critical differences between the institutional limitations that subaltern migrants face and the strategies they develop to improve their lives on th…
Informality and the politics of temporariness
This article examines two 'ethnic' economies in Kuala Lumpur (KL) to study how transnational migrants build new communities in the city. These communities consist of largely temporary migrants formally in the country as guest workers. As part of a global shift towards transnational temporary labor migration regimes, these new migrants from countries like Bangladesh and Burma come to Malaysia in search of opportunities and work. Despite the precar…
Are Migrants Agents or Instruments of Development? The Case of 'Temporary' Migration in Malaysia
How does the migration-development nexus affect conceptualisations of migrant agency that influence current debates about international migration? This paper discusses how treating migration as an ‘enabler’ of development limits how we understand migrants' agency. Although the migration-development paradigm defines migrants as ‘agents of development’, studies using this framework understand agency primarily in economic and financial terms, via mi…
Drones, maps and crescents
Over the last two years, the authors have noticed in CBS World News online an increased reliance on graphics inset into news articles in place of photojournalism, particularly in articles about Middle Eastern conflicts. What are the emergent patterns of this change? By analyzing the visual symbolism of these graphics, they discuss a number of distinct patterns, which they interpret by examining the following aspects: disconnections in the article…
Malaysia’s Coming Out! Critical Cosmopolitans, Religious Politics and Democracy
Informality and the politics of temporariness
This article examines two 'ethnic' economies in Kuala Lumpur (KL) to study how transnational migrants build new communities in the city. These communities consist of largely temporary migrants formally in the country as guest workers. As part of a global shift towards transnational temporary labor migration regimes, these new migrants from countries like Bangladesh and Burma come to Malaysia in search of opportunities and work. Despite the precar…
Are Migrants Agents or Instruments of Development? The Case of 'Temporary' Migration in Malaysia
How does the migration-development nexus affect conceptualisations of migrant agency that influence current debates about international migration? This paper discusses how treating migration as an ‘enabler’ of development limits how we understand migrants' agency. Although the migration-development paradigm defines migrants as ‘agents of development’, studies using this framework understand agency primarily in economic and financial terms, via mi…
From the pasar to the mamak stall
This paper examines how different groups of migrant workers and communities become absorbed into the informal and formal economies of the developing South. Due to the unique historical context of labour migration in Malaysia, this study suggests that questions about migrant and refugee integration need to be recast in an inter-connected manner. Here, the experiences of refugees, documented and undocumented migrant workers are examined through the…
Drones, maps and crescents
Over the last two years, the authors have noticed in CBS World News online an increased reliance on graphics inset into news articles in place of photojournalism, particularly in articles about Middle Eastern conflicts. What are the emergent patterns of this change? By analyzing the visual symbolism of these graphics, they discuss a number of distinct patterns, which they interpret by examining the following aspects: disconnections in the article…
Malaysia’s Coming Out! Critical Cosmopolitans, Religious Politics and Democracy
Malaysia’s Coming Out! Critical Cosmopolitans, Religious Politics and Democracy
Drones, maps and crescents
Over the last two years, the authors have noticed in CBS World News online an increased reliance on graphics inset into news articles in place of photojournalism, particularly in articles about Middle Eastern conflicts. What are the emergent patterns of this change? By analyzing the visual symbolism of these graphics, they discuss a number of distinct patterns, which they interpret by examining the following aspects: disconnections in the article…
Are Migrants Agents or Instruments of Development? The Case of 'Temporary' Migration in Malaysia
How does the migration-development nexus affect conceptualisations of migrant agency that influence current debates about international migration? This paper discusses how treating migration as an ‘enabler’ of development limits how we understand migrants' agency. Although the migration-development paradigm defines migrants as ‘agents of development’, studies using this framework understand agency primarily in economic and financial terms, via mi…
Informality and the politics of temporariness
This article examines two 'ethnic' economies in Kuala Lumpur (KL) to study how transnational migrants build new communities in the city. These communities consist of largely temporary migrants formally in the country as guest workers. As part of a global shift towards transnational temporary labor migration regimes, these new migrants from countries like Bangladesh and Burma come to Malaysia in search of opportunities and work. Despite the precar…
Defiant aspirations
This paper examines migrant women’s agency through narratives of the aspirations and long-term plans they make, despite the precarious conditions that temporary labor migration regimes impose on them and their families. By focusing on how migrant women develop and pursue their aspirations, we examine critical differences between the institutional limitations that subaltern migrants face and the strategies they develop to improve their lives on th…
From the pasar to the mamak stall
This paper examines how different groups of migrant workers and communities become absorbed into the informal and formal economies of the developing South. Due to the unique historical context of labour migration in Malaysia, this study suggests that questions about migrant and refugee integration need to be recast in an inter-connected manner. Here, the experiences of refugees, documented and undocumented migrant workers are examined through the…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works)