Multidisciplinary Initiatives: Recent submissions
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Trafficking Versus Smuggling: Malaysia's Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act
Published 2014-01-01In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the Malaysian government has faced increasing pressure to improve its treatment of its large migrant population. To address international criticism and to improve the treatment ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The Chinese of Karimun: Citizenship and Belonging at Indonesia's Margins
Published 2013-01-01We argue that the localized expression of Chinese Indonesian identity in Karimun suggests a need to move beyond a focus on integration versus assimilation to an analysis of how identity and belonging are tied to a sense ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Labor Migration, Trafficking and Border Controls
Published 2012-01-01The increasing securitization of borders can make the process of border crossing more onerous and expensive for all individuals who seek to cross the border. As a result, borderlanders involved in routinized border crossings ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Employer Anti-Unionism in Democratic Indonesia
Published 2013-01-01Based on data collected from interviews conducted at regular intervals between 1999 and 2012, union surveys and reports and secondary sources, this chapter explores the different kinds of anti-union strategies used by ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Violent Industrial Protest in Indonesia: Cultural Phenomenon or Legacy of an Authoritarian Past?
Published 2013-01-01Indonesia has a long history of violent industrial conflict involving rioting and wide-scale destruction of property, in addition – and sometimes as an alternative – to more orthodox strike actions. Violent actions taken ...Open AccessBook chapter