Ruth Pearson

Thailand's Hidden Workforce: Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

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This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy rarely witnessed by Western observers.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Pearson, Doctor Ruth / Kusakabe, Kyoko

ISBN: 978-1-84813-985-5
EAN: 9781848139855
Produktnummer: 12239536
Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 205 S.
Masse: H21.8 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.8 cm 363 g
Gewicht: 363

Über den Autor

Ruth Pearson is Professor of International Development at the University of Leeds, UK. She has undertaken research on women's work in the global economy, focusing recently on migrant workers and gendered globalisation, and has carried out empirical work in Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Cuba, as well as in Thailand and Europe. She has a particular interest in the intersections of women's productive and reproductive roles and their implications for understanding globalisation and crisis in the contemporary economy. Kyoko Kusakabe is Associate Professor of Gender and Development Studies in the School of Environment, Resources and Development at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Her research interests are centred on gendered mobility and migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and the effect of regional economic integration on women's work and employment. She has undertaken empirical work in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia and has a special interest in women and transborder trade.