International Development Studies – Malaysia

As one of the emerging second wave tiger economies, Malaysia has gone through a very fast economic growth. This has provoked a transition in its migration approach: there are still some Malaysians who still go abroad for work, but inmigration has increased exponentially in the last years. Human trafficking is one of the main consequences the country is now facing. Traffickers lure victims with false promises of a better life. Religion, economy and human rights go hand in hand – every strategy of development as the reproduction and transformation processes which somehow impinge on inequality, impoverishment and human insecurity (Lund 2010, 20). I would like to dig into that (also dependency theory and post-colonial theories). As for the methodology, I would relate on secondary data.

SUGGESTED INTRODUCTION STRUCTURE: (APP. 10 PAGES)
What is the problem? Why is this topic interesting?
PROBLEM STATEMENT
METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
-POSSIBLE CASE STUDY:
Maids/nannies migrating from other Asian countries to Malaysia would be interesting: https://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/resultsadvanced?sid=8dbef331-3517-40d2-a200-15acad9ff422%40sessionmgr4003&vid=3&hid=4106&bquery=%28maids+OR+nannies+OR+household+employees+OR+domestics%29+AND+%28malaysia%29&bdata=JmRiPXNpaCZ0eXBlPTEmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl

THESIS STRUCTURE:
-INTRO (APP 10. P)
-THEORY (MAX 10. P)
-CONTEXT (5-10. P)
-ANALYSIS SPLIT UP INTO 3-4 THEMES THAT ARISE BETWENN THEORY, CONTEXT KNOWLEDGE AND EMPRICAL DATA.
-CONCLUSION

And I have to fulfill the following time-schedule:

1. Introduction —> I have to send a draft to my thesis advisor on the 28th of November

2. Methodology —> I have to send a draft on the 30th of November

3. Analysis —> I have to send a draft on the 7th of December

4. Discussion —> I have to send a draft on the 15th of December

5. Conclusion —> I have to send a draft on the 20th of December

6. Thesis hand in —> 1nd of January, 2017