Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Pallavi Banerjee The Title is The Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 336. Binding type - Perfect. Content Language - English Category - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / Asia Product Description - Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and familiesThe Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Comparing two distinct groups of Indian immigrant families -families of male high-tech workers and female nurses-Pallavi Banerjee reveals how visa policies that are legally gender and race neutral in fact have gendered and racialized ramifications for visa holders and their spouses. Drawing on interviews with fifty-five Indian couples, Banerjee highlights the experiences of high-skilled immigrants as they struggle to cope with visa laws, which forbid their spouses from working paid jobs. She examines how these unfair restrictions destabilize-if not completely dismantle-families, who often break under this marital, financial, and emotional stress. Banerjee shows us, through the eyes of immigrants themselves, how the visa process strips them of their rights, forcing them to depend on their spouses and the government in fundamentally challenging ways. The Opportunity Trap provides a critical look at our visa system, underscoring how it fails immigrant families. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details  are provided automatically  from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.   Gift IdeasThis is a  great Christmas gift idea.   Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses,  some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 165530420
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UPC: 9781479841042
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Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Subject: Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Economics / General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Author: Pallavi Banerjee
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback