Rhacel Parreñas, author of Children of Global Migration: Transnational Families and Gendered Woes weaves three themes throughout her book: the impact of neoliberal global economic policies on the migration decisions of females in poorer underdeveloped countries; the ways in which gender roles, and cultural practices and beliefs about gender roles exacerbate the care issues and well being of the children left behind by migrant parents, particularly mothers; and family reunification issues, immigration policies and the push-pull experiences of low wage migrant labor in receiving countries.
Write a Critical Response Essay summarizing these themes and the author’s success in presenting them, as well as her contribution in this work to our understanding of transnational migration issues.