| Description |
xxii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
A modern economic history of Southeast Asia |
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Modern economic history of Southeast Asia (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Modern economic history of Southeast Asia.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Formation of a Southeast Asian Economy, c.1800 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Economy and Society in Southeast Asia, c.1800 -- Pt. 2. Globalisation in Historical Perspective: Southeast Asia and the International Division of Labour, 1870-1940 -- 3. Diasporas and Labour Systems: The Mining Sector -- 4. Plantation Rubber and Wage Labour -- 5. Labour Dynamics in Sugar and Rice Production: Coercion, Contract and Free Labour -- 6. Urban Centres and the Manufacturing Sector: Industrial and Service Workers -- 7. Labour and the Colonial State: The Socio-Economic and Political Bases of the Labour Movement -- Pt. 3. Southeast Asia Since World War Two: Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation and the New International Division of Labour -- 8. Newly-Industrialising countries (NICs), the New International Division of Labour and Manufacturing Labour Systems --9. The Global Labour Market: International Labour Migration in Southeast Asia since the 1980s |
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10. Employment Relations, the Labour Movement and Labour Standards -- 11. Conclusion: Globalisation, Economic Growth, and Labour |
| Summary |
"Amarjit Kaur provides a comprehensive analysis of wage labour systems in the mining, plantation and manufacturing sectors in Southeast Asia. She presents a fundamental reassessment of the nature of wage labour and charts its development in the region during the colonial period and at the present time, and explores the impact of globalisation on employment relations. Issues addressed include: cheap labour and the Asian Miracle; gendered labour relations; women workers in industrialising Asia; the role of the state in structuring labour relations; and the trade union and labour movements."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-277) and index |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Southeast Asia -- History.
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International division of labor -- History.
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Labor movement -- Southeast Asia -- History.
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Labor policy -- Southeast Asia -- History.
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Labor -- Southeast Asia -- History.
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Wages -- Southeast Asia -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116978
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| LC no. |
2003062676 |
| ISBN |
0333736966 (cloth) |
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