Michele Ford
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Ford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Ford |
| SIGNATURE | FORD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Discipline of Asian Studies, The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Contours Of Working-Class Debt
This article argues that in Cambodia’s construction sector, overall levels of precarity play a key role in shaping the extent to which debt functions as a mechanism of labour discipline. Building on LeBaron’s reconceptualisation of debt bondage as a class-based form of labour discipline, it situates worker indebtedness within the broader structural conditions through which it acquires coercive force. Drawing on data collected from 600 workers emp…
Activists in Transition
This book examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role in ensuring that different groups of citizens can engage directly in—and benefit from—the political process in a way that was not possible under authoritarianism. However, their individual roles have been different, with some playing a decisive role in the destabilization of the regi…
Beyond Oligarchy
Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia
Introduction - Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons 1. Masculinities Afloat: Filipino Seafarers and the Situational Performance of Manhood - Steven Mckay and Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III 2. Masculine Intent and Migrant Manhood: Thai Workmen Talking Sex - Pattana Kitiarsa 3. Low Wage Vietnamese Immigrants Remake Social Class and Masculinity in the Homeland - Hung Cam Thai 4. Homosociality and Desire: Charting Chinese Singaporean Sex Tourists' Online Conv…
Social Activism in Southeast Asia
1. Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction Michele Ford 2. Southeast Asian Activism and the Limits to Independent Political Space Garry Rodan 3. Separatism in Aceh: From Social Rebellion to Political Movement Edward Aspinall 4. Philippine Contention in the Democratic `Transitions' Vince Boudreau 5. Values and the Institutionalization of Indonesia's Organic Agriculture Movement Nicola Edwards 6. Burmese Social Movements in Exile: Labour…
Indonesia beyond the Water's Edge
ndonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state, with more than 18,000 islands and over 7.9 million square kilometres of sea. The marine frontier presents the nation with both economic opportunities and political and strategic challenges. Indonesia has been affected more than most countries in the world by a slow revolution in the management of its waters. Whereas Indonesia’s seas were once conceived administratively as little more than the em…
Workers and Intellectuals
Indonesia beyond the Water's Edge
ndonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic state, with more than 18,000 islands and over 7.9 million square kilometres of sea. The marine frontier presents the nation with both economic opportunities and political and strategic challenges. Indonesia has been affected more than most countries in the world by a slow revolution in the management of its waters. Whereas Indonesia’s seas were once conceived administratively as little more than the em…
Workers and Intellectuals
Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia
Introduction - Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons 1. Masculinities Afloat: Filipino Seafarers and the Situational Performance of Manhood - Steven Mckay and Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III 2. Masculine Intent and Migrant Manhood: Thai Workmen Talking Sex - Pattana Kitiarsa 3. Low Wage Vietnamese Immigrants Remake Social Class and Masculinity in the Homeland - Hung Cam Thai 4. Homosociality and Desire: Charting Chinese Singaporean Sex Tourists' Online Conv…
Social Activism in Southeast Asia
1. Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction Michele Ford 2. Southeast Asian Activism and the Limits to Independent Political Space Garry Rodan 3. Separatism in Aceh: From Social Rebellion to Political Movement Edward Aspinall 4. Philippine Contention in the Democratic `Transitions' Vince Boudreau 5. Values and the Institutionalization of Indonesia's Organic Agriculture Movement Nicola Edwards 6. Burmese Social Movements in Exile: Labour…
Beyond Oligarchy
Activists in Transition
This book examines the relationship between social movements and democratization in Indonesia. Collectively, progressive social movements have played a critical role in ensuring that different groups of citizens can engage directly in—and benefit from—the political process in a way that was not possible under authoritarianism. However, their individual roles have been different, with some playing a decisive role in the destabilization of the regi…
The Contours Of Working-Class Debt
This article argues that in Cambodia’s construction sector, overall levels of precarity play a key role in shaping the extent to which debt functions as a mechanism of labour discipline. Building on LeBaron’s reconceptualisation of debt bondage as a class-based form of labour discipline, it situates worker indebtedness within the broader structural conditions through which it acquires coercive force. Drawing on data collected from 600 workers emp…
Political science (5 works) · Asian Studies and History (4 works) · Indonesia (4 works) · asia (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · politics and government (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Asian studies (2 works)