Thailand's Hidden Workforce Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

Name: Thailand's Hidden Workforce Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers
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ISBN: 9781848139848

ISBN-10: 1848139845

ISBN-13: 9781848139848

Edition: 2012

Authors: Doctor Ruth Pearson, Paul French, Kyoko Kusakabe

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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" labor force, enduring grueling 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 strategize about their families and their futures.

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 6/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



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Thailand's hidden workforce: Burmese women factory workers



Thailand's industrialisation and labour migration policies



Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand's export industries



Migrant women in Thailand's factories: working conditions, struggles and experiences



Burmese migrant women and families in Thailand: reproduction, children and care



After the crisis: new struggles and possibilities



Burmese migrant workers between two worlds


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