Thailand’s Hidden Workforce

Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19912751
AutoresRuth Pearson (0000-0002-5741-5050), Kyoko Kusakabe (0000-0001-8132-7977)
Año2012
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThailand’s Hidden Workforce (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialZed Books (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9781350222892
OpenAlexW4229556721
Open LibraryOL26187029M
ISBN9781350222892
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17

Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate ‘disposable’ labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy rarely witnessed by Western observers. Based on unique empirical research, it provides the reader with 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

Business · Political science · Workforce · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Burmese · Burmese Foreign workers · Development studies · Economic conditions · Foreign workers · Legal status, laws · Refugees · Social conditions · Thailand · Women foreign workers · Women immigrants · Women migrant labor