Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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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 -
Narratives of Agency: Sex Work in Indonesia’s Borderlands
Published 2011-01-01Lia’s and Ani’s narratives raise questions about how we can theorize the “constrained choice to become a sex worker, without moralisingly declaring all sex work to be exploitation or violence against women” (Schotten 2005: ...Open AccessBook chapter -
After Nunukan: The Regulation of Indonesian Migration to Malaysia
Published 2006-01-01Labour migration from Indonesia to Malaysia is a complex phenomenon. Migrants enter Malaysia via a range of formal, semi-formal and informal channels, primarily through Sumatra and Kalimantan. Although Indonesian authorities ...Open AccessBook chapter