Thailand's Hidden Workforce

Name: Thailand's Hidden Workforce
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Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

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Asian Arguments

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Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy rarely witnessed by Western observers. Based on unique empirical research, it provides the reader with a gendered account of the role of women migrant workers in Thailand's factories and interrogates the ways in which they manage their families and their futures.

Author Biography:

Ruth Pearson is Professor of International Development at the University of Leeds, UK. She has undertaken research on women's work in the global economy, focusing recently on migrant workers and gendered globalisation, and has carried out empirical work in Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Cuba, as well as in Thailand and Europe. She has a particular interest in the intersections of women's productive and reproductive roles and their implications for understanding globalisation and crisis in the contemporary economy. Kyoko Kusakabe is Associate Professor of Gender and Development Studies in the School of Environment, Resources and Development at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Her research interests are centred on gendered mobility and migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the effect of regional economic integration on women's work and employment. She has undertaken empirical work in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and has a special interest in women and transborder trade.

Release date NZ

June 14th, 2012

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Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

216

Series

Asian Arguments

Dimensions

138x216x138

ISBN-13

9781848139848

Product ID

18762459

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