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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pearson, Ruth, 1945- (Autor), Kusakabe, Kyoko (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Zed Books, 2012.
Colección:Asian arguments.
Temas:
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.
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
Arbeitnehmerin
Migration
Thailand > Economic conditions.
Thaïlande > Conditions économiques.
Burma
Thailand
Birma
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
ISBN:9781848139862
1848139861
9781848139879
184813987X
1280769203
9781280769207
9786613679970
6613679976

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