Thailand's hidden workforce :: Burmese migrant women factory workers /
Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy Western observers rarely witness. Based on unique empirical research, it provides a gendered account of th...
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Sprache: | English |
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2012.
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Schriftenreihe: | Asian arguments.
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Zusammenfassung: | Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy Western observers rarely witness. Based on unique empirical research, it provides 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. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781848139862 1848139861 9781848139879 184813987X 1280769203 9781280769207 9786613679970 6613679976 |
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505 | 8 | |a Shifting terrain: Burmese migrant women's responses to economic and political change2 Thailand's industrialisation and labour migration policies; Thailand's industrialisation before and after the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s; Decentralisation of industry; Demand for and control of migrant labour: regulating the irregular; Figure 2.1 Registered migrants 1997-2008; 3 Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand's export industries; The study areas; Figure 3.1 Apparel factories and workers in Tak province; Migrant women's journeys; Reconstructing families; Remittances as obligation. | |
505 | 8 | |a Marriage, children and changing relationshipsWomen's journeys: agency, subordination and change; 4 Migrant women in Thailand's factories: working conditions, struggles and experiences; Who are the women workers?; What kind of factories do they work in?; Working conditions; Security of employment and mobility; Accommodation and food; Pay and deductions; Safety, security and harassment, deportation; Relations with friends; 5 Burmese migrant women and families in Thailand: reproduction, children and care; Pregnancy and childbirth. | |
505 | 8 | |a Table 5.1 Country of birth of first child by respondent's locationChildcare; Table 5.2 Childcare patterns for children under 6 years old for those respondents who delivered a child after coming to Thailand, by location; Health care; Education; 6 After the crisis: new struggles and possibilities; Effect of the economic crisis on migrant workers' employment in Thailand; Dealing with the crisis: coping strategies of migrant workers; Retrenchment and strikes; Harassment, xenophobia and prejudice; After the crisis -- to stay or to return?; 7 Burmese migrant workers between two worlds. | |
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contents | Asian Arguments; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Map: Thailand and surrounding countries; Abbreviations; 1 Thailand's hidden workforce: Burmese women factory workers; Burmese migrant workers in Thailand: hidden from the global gaze; The context: push-and-pull factors underlying Burmese migration to Thailand; Background to the research; Burmese women workers in Thailand: nimble fingers and docile bodies; Burmese migrant workers: citizenship and entitlement in a hostile world; Who cares? Burmese women in Thailand as carers and workers. Shifting terrain: Burmese migrant women's responses to economic and political change2 Thailand's industrialisation and labour migration policies; Thailand's industrialisation before and after the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s; Decentralisation of industry; Demand for and control of migrant labour: regulating the irregular; Figure 2.1 Registered migrants 1997-2008; 3 Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand's export industries; The study areas; Figure 3.1 Apparel factories and workers in Tak province; Migrant women's journeys; Reconstructing families; Remittances as obligation. Marriage, children and changing relationshipsWomen's journeys: agency, subordination and change; 4 Migrant women in Thailand's factories: working conditions, struggles and experiences; Who are the women workers?; What kind of factories do they work in?; Working conditions; Security of employment and mobility; Accommodation and food; Pay and deductions; Safety, security and harassment, deportation; Relations with friends; 5 Burmese migrant women and families in Thailand: reproduction, children and care; Pregnancy and childbirth. Table 5.1 Country of birth of first child by respondent's locationChildcare; Table 5.2 Childcare patterns for children under 6 years old for those respondents who delivered a child after coming to Thailand, by location; Health care; Education; 6 After the crisis: new struggles and possibilities; Effect of the economic crisis on migrant workers' employment in Thailand; Dealing with the crisis: coping strategies of migrant workers; Retrenchment and strikes; Harassment, xenophobia and prejudice; After the crisis -- to stay or to return?; 7 Burmese migrant workers between two worlds. |
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spelling | Pearson, Ruth, 1945- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvP3TKbVXJ4KWHdYX3DC3 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90004506 Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / Ruth Pearson & Kyoko Kusakabe. London ; New York : Zed Books, 2012. ©2012 1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Asian arguments Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index. Asian Arguments; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Map: Thailand and surrounding countries; Abbreviations; 1 Thailand's hidden workforce: Burmese women factory workers; Burmese migrant workers in Thailand: hidden from the global gaze; The context: push-and-pull factors underlying Burmese migration to Thailand; Background to the research; Burmese women workers in Thailand: nimble fingers and docile bodies; Burmese migrant workers: citizenship and entitlement in a hostile world; Who cares? Burmese women in Thailand as carers and workers. Shifting terrain: Burmese migrant women's responses to economic and political change2 Thailand's industrialisation and labour migration policies; Thailand's industrialisation before and after the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s; Decentralisation of industry; Demand for and control of migrant labour: regulating the irregular; Figure 2.1 Registered migrants 1997-2008; 3 Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand's export industries; The study areas; Figure 3.1 Apparel factories and workers in Tak province; Migrant women's journeys; Reconstructing families; Remittances as obligation. Marriage, children and changing relationshipsWomen's journeys: agency, subordination and change; 4 Migrant women in Thailand's factories: working conditions, struggles and experiences; Who are the women workers?; What kind of factories do they work in?; Working conditions; Security of employment and mobility; Accommodation and food; Pay and deductions; Safety, security and harassment, deportation; Relations with friends; 5 Burmese migrant women and families in Thailand: reproduction, children and care; Pregnancy and childbirth. Table 5.1 Country of birth of first child by respondent's locationChildcare; Table 5.2 Childcare patterns for children under 6 years old for those respondents who delivered a child after coming to Thailand, by location; Health care; Education; 6 After the crisis: new struggles and possibilities; Effect of the economic crisis on migrant workers' employment in Thailand; Dealing with the crisis: coping strategies of migrant workers; Retrenchment and strikes; Harassment, xenophobia and prejudice; After the crisis -- to stay or to return?; 7 Burmese migrant workers between two worlds. Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy Western observers rarely witness. Based on unique empirical research, it provides 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. Print version record. English. Women foreign workers Thailand Economic conditions. Women foreign workers Thailand Social conditions. Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Thailand. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Economic conditions. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Social conditions. Thailand Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002769 Women migrant labor Burma. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses migrantes Birmanie. 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spellingShingle | Pearson, Ruth, 1945- Kusakabe, Kyoko Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / Asian arguments. Asian Arguments; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Map: Thailand and surrounding countries; Abbreviations; 1 Thailand's hidden workforce: Burmese women factory workers; Burmese migrant workers in Thailand: hidden from the global gaze; The context: push-and-pull factors underlying Burmese migration to Thailand; Background to the research; Burmese women workers in Thailand: nimble fingers and docile bodies; Burmese migrant workers: citizenship and entitlement in a hostile world; Who cares? Burmese women in Thailand as carers and workers. Shifting terrain: Burmese migrant women's responses to economic and political change2 Thailand's industrialisation and labour migration policies; Thailand's industrialisation before and after the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s; Decentralisation of industry; Demand for and control of migrant labour: regulating the irregular; Figure 2.1 Registered migrants 1997-2008; 3 Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand's export industries; The study areas; Figure 3.1 Apparel factories and workers in Tak province; Migrant women's journeys; Reconstructing families; Remittances as obligation. Marriage, children and changing relationshipsWomen's journeys: agency, subordination and change; 4 Migrant women in Thailand's factories: working conditions, struggles and experiences; Who are the women workers?; What kind of factories do they work in?; Working conditions; Security of employment and mobility; Accommodation and food; Pay and deductions; Safety, security and harassment, deportation; Relations with friends; 5 Burmese migrant women and families in Thailand: reproduction, children and care; Pregnancy and childbirth. Table 5.1 Country of birth of first child by respondent's locationChildcare; Table 5.2 Childcare patterns for children under 6 years old for those respondents who delivered a child after coming to Thailand, by location; Health care; Education; 6 After the crisis: new struggles and possibilities; Effect of the economic crisis on migrant workers' employment in Thailand; Dealing with the crisis: coping strategies of migrant workers; Retrenchment and strikes; Harassment, xenophobia and prejudice; After the crisis -- to stay or to return?; 7 Burmese migrant workers between two worlds. Women foreign workers Thailand Economic conditions. Women foreign workers Thailand Social conditions. Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Thailand. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Economic conditions. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Social conditions. Women migrant labor Burma. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleuses migrantes Birmanie. Development studies. bicssc BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Economic history fast Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. fast Women foreign workers Social conditions fast Women migrant labor fast Arbeitnehmerin gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4142874-2 Migration gnd |
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title_auth | Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / |
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title_full | Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / Ruth Pearson & Kyoko Kusakabe. |
title_fullStr | Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / Ruth Pearson & Kyoko Kusakabe. |
title_full_unstemmed | Thailand's hidden workforce : Burmese migrant women factory workers / Ruth Pearson & Kyoko Kusakabe. |
title_short | Thailand's hidden workforce : |
title_sort | thailand s hidden workforce burmese migrant women factory workers |
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topic | Women foreign workers Thailand Economic conditions. Women foreign workers Thailand Social conditions. Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Thailand. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Economic conditions. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Social conditions. Women migrant labor Burma. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleuses migrantes Birmanie. Development studies. bicssc BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh Economic history fast Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. fast Women foreign workers Social conditions fast Women migrant labor fast Arbeitnehmerin gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4142874-2 Migration gnd |
topic_facet | Women foreign workers Thailand Economic conditions. Women foreign workers Thailand Social conditions. Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Thailand. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Economic conditions. Foreign workers, Burmese Thailand Social conditions. Thailand Economic conditions. Women migrant labor Burma. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses étrangères Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleurs étrangers birmans Thaïlande Conditions sociales. Thaïlande Conditions économiques. Travailleuses migrantes Birmanie. Development studies. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations. Economic history Women foreign workers Legal status, laws, etc. Women foreign workers Social conditions Women migrant labor Burma Thailand Arbeitnehmerin Migration Birma |
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