Labour in Southeast Asia: Local Processes in a Globalised World

by Elmhirst,Becky; Elmhirst,Becky

• ISBN13: 9780415405997
• ISBN10: 0415405998
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-07-02
• Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

Summary

Brings together current research on labour in Southeast Asia, offering theoretical insights and detailed empirical case-studies drawn from a variety of contexts.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Tables and Figures Contributors

Studying Labour in Southeast Asia: Reflections on Structures and Processes

The Regulation of Labour and Labour Regimes

Labour Dynamics in the Plantation and Mining Sectors in Sou theast Asia, 1840-1950: A Historical Perspective

Constructing Child Labour: Attitude to Juvenile Work in Indonesia, 1900-2000

Trade Unions in Vietnam in Historical Perspective: The Transformation of Concepts

Local Politics and Labour Relations in the Philippines: The Case of Subic Bay

Labour Processes: Old Forms, New Meanings

Are They Incompatible?

Modern Farming and Non-Market Labour in the Northern Philippine Uplands

From Resource Managers to Secondary Farm Hands: Changing Gender Divisions of Labour in a Philippine Upland Village

Labour Practices Outside the Factory: Modern Forms of Household Production in Java

Transforming Industrial Relations: the Case of the Malaysian Auto Industry

Labour Mobility and Work Transformations

Labour Relations and Mobility in Provincial Thailand

Labour Relations in a Changing Rural World: The Evolving Thai Experience

Labour Restructuring in Vietnam since the Economic Reform

Domestic Workers and Transnational Migration: Perspectives from the Philippines and Singapore

Reproducing Workers: The Boundaries of Community

Labouring Communities: Women's Roles in the Ombilin Coal Mines of Sumatra (1892-1965)

Labour Politics in Migrant Communities: Ethnicity and Women's Activism in Tangerang, Indonesia

Index

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