Thailand and Precarious Work
An Assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Hewison (0000-0002-2258-3185, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA), Woradul Tularak (Independent researcher, Nonthaburi, Thailand) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 444-467 |
| Publication date | 2013-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764212466244 |
| OpenAlex | W2321834819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 10 |
Precarious work, characterized by the uncertainty and unpredictability of employment, is well established in Thailand. This article examines the expansion of new forms of precarious work in Thailand with particular attention to the post-Asian economic crisis period. This is done through an examination of the currently available data. The post-1997 period has seen economic liberalization deepen, and this has delivered policies and practices that have weakened unions, kept wages low, and expanded the use of contract and agency-supplied labor. At the same time, there have been gains for in terms of state-based social protection. In two case studies, the article demonstrates that for workers in the manufacturing sector, there has been an increase in labor subcontracting or outsourcing and other forms of less secure work as employers seek to reduce costs and limit collective organization by workers
Agency (philosophy) · Business · Economic growth · Economic liberalization · Economics · Labour economics · Liberalization · Market economy · Outsourcing · Precarious work · Social protection · Sociology · Temporary work · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Livelihoods, Social Protectionism, and Thailand’s Precarious Labor Markets
Laos’s Peripheral Centrality in Southeast Asia
Framed by Freedom
Precarity and clinical determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviour and antibiotic use in rural Laos and Thailand
The Rise and Demise of Neoliberal Populism as a Hegemonic Project
The puzzle of East and Southeast Asia's persistent smallholder
Personalizing the Middle-Income Trap
Historicizing Precarious Work
Advancing adaptation or producing precarity? The role of rural-urban migration and translocal embeddedness in navigating household resilience in Thailand
Global Labor Market Intermediaries
From Asian to Global Financial Crisis
Three populisms and two dead ends
Reluctant populists
Considerations on inequality and politics in Thailand
Living in an Age of Precarity in 21st Century Asia
Secondary Precarity in Asia
Putting-out's return
Everyday recomposition
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |