Labour in Southeast Asia: Local Processes in a Globalised World by Becky Elmhirst
Comprehensive examination of Labour in Southeast Asian countries
International group of contributors; all well known experts in their field
Comprehensive examination of Labour in Southeast Asian countries
International group of contributors; all well known experts in their field
Preface List of Tables and Figures Contributors 1. Studying Labour in Southeast Asia: Reflections on Structures and Processes Part 1 The Regulation of Labour and Labour Regimes 2. Labour Dynamics in the Plantation and Mining Sectors in Southeast Asia, 1840-1950: A Historical Perspective 3. Constructing Child Labour: Attitude to Juvenile Work in Indonesia, 1900-2000 4. Trade Unions in Vietnam in Historical Perspective: The Transformation of Concepts 5. Local Politics and Labour Relations in the Philippines: The Case of Subic Bay Part 2 Labour Processes: Old Forms, New Meanings 6. Are They Incompatible? Modern Farming and Non-Market Labour in the Northern Philippine Uplands 7. From Resource Managers to Secondary Farm Hands: Changing Gender Divisions of Labour in a Philippine Upland Village 8. Labour Practices Outside the Factory: Modern Forms of Household Production in Java 9. Transforming Industrial Relations: the Case of the Malaysian Auto Industry Part 3 Labour Mobility and Work Transformations 10. Labour Relations and Mobility in Provincial Thailand 11. Labour Relations in a Changing Rural World: The Evolving Thai Experience 12. Labour Restructuring in Vietnam since the Economic Reform 13. Domestic Workers and Transnational Migration: Perspectives from the Philippines and Singapore Part 4 Reproducing Workers: The Boundaries of Community 14. Labouring Communities: Women's Roles in the Ombilin Coal Mines of Sumatra (1892-1965) 15. Labour Politics in Migrant Communities: Ethnicity and Women's Activism in Tangerang, Indonesia Index