Multidisciplinary Initiatives: Recent submissions
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Introduction: Thinking about Indonesian Women and Work
Published 2008-01-01Women and Work in Indonesia is an edited collection of papers that aims to examine the meaning of work for women in contemporary Indonesia. The chapters interrogate some of the formerly clear-cut divisions that even the ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Women and labour organizing in Asia: diversity, autonomy and activism
Published 2008-01-01Women have become the new face of industrial labour – and of labour activism – not only in Korea, in all but the most and least developed countries of Asia. Export-oriented industrialization strategies favoured throughout ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction
Published 2013-01-01From People Power in the Philippines to the Saffron Revolution in Myanmar, Southeast Asia is a region in constant political and social flux. It is home to myriad forms of social activism, from lone cyber-activists and small ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Contested Borders, Contested Boundaries: The Politics of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia
Published 2012-01-01This chapter examines the political economy of labour migration in the region, with a focus on its implications for collective action. It argues that the pivotal role of temporary labour migrants in Southeast Asiaposes ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Labour Migration and Human Trafficking: An Introduction
Published 2012-01-01Anti-trafficking initiatives grew exponentially since the United Nations passed the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (hereafter the UN Trafficking Protocol) ...Open AccessBook chapter