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Publications Writings

My Areas of Expertise

International Migration, Transnationalism, Network analysis, Social Stratification and Mobility, Gender, Ethnic Studies and South Asia.

My Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book chapters

2019 Ray, Manashi “Experiences of Empowerment and Constraint: Narratives of Transnational Indian Women Entrepreneurs” in Routledge Handbook of Indian Transnationalism edited by Ajaya Sahoo and Bandana Purkayastha.

2017 Ray, Manashi “Crossing borders: family migration strategies and routes from Burma to the US” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Vol 44, Issue No. 5, p. 773-791. Available online: DOI 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1314815

2013 Ray, Manashi “The Global Circulation of Skill and Capital – Pathways of return migration of Indian Entrepreneurs from the United State to India” in Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia, edited by Tan Tai Yong and Md Mizanur Rahman, Palgrave Macmillan. p. 75-102

2008 Ray, Manashi “Poverty Eradication – South Asia’s Burdens: A Question of Urgent Redressal” (with Shobha Raghuram). In Martin Wade (Ed) Does Culture Make A Difference? Progress and Development in India and Its Implications for International Cooperation. Calcutta, Seagull Books.

1999 Ray, Manashi “The State and Civil Society: Meeting Health Needs, Reaching Equity” (with Shobha Raghuram) Development, Vol. 42, No. 4. p. 54 -85. 
 
1995 Ray, Manashi “The Economics of Population and Development” Economic and Political Weekly (Special Article; September 9th), Sameeksha Trust Publication, Vol. XXX, p. 2263-2269. Also, Population Index, Vol. 62, No. 2. Location: Princeton University Library.

 

Book Manuscript in Progress:
Book: Becoming Boundless: The Story of Transnational American Indian Entrepreneurs.
 
Encyclopedia Entry:
2012 Ray, Manashi “Brain Drain” in Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by George Ritzer, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell DOI: 10.1002/9780470670590.wbeog053 

Publications: Other (Book Reviews, Monographs, Reports, Working Paper and Newspaper articles)

2013 Ray, Manashi Book Review of “The Immigration and Settlement of Asian Indians in Phoenix, Arizona 1965-2011: Ethnic Pride vs. Racial Discrimination in the Suburbs” by Emily Skop. Asia and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4 Pp. 573-76.
2003 Ray, Manashi (with Shobha Raghuram) The Necessity for Compulsory school education in Social Development – An overview, Hivos Monograph
2000 Ray, Manashi (with Shobha Raghuram) The State and Civil society: Meeting Health needs, reaching equity. Hivos Technical report series 1.8
1995 Ray, Manashi “Shifting the Population Policy: From Numbers to People” The Economic Times, Publication of the Times Group, India. August 20, 1995
1995 Ray, Manashi “Women Managers in the Rural Sector” (1995), IRMA Working Paper, WP-88, Institute of Rural Management, Anand, India.
1993 Ray, Manashi “Characteristics of Growth of the Urban Population in India during 1981-1991” Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. 1993.
1992 Ray, Manashi “Effectiveness of Adult Education Program among Women Learners in West Bengal” Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay, India.