• A Victor's History: A Comparative Analysis of the Labour Historiography of Indonesia's New Order 

      Ford, Michele
      Published 2010-01-01
      Some observers have identified a common pattern in developing countries whereby unions are transformed from a political force valued for their contribution to the struggle for independence to a state-sponsored ‘tool of ...
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    • ‘Where Are Your Victims?’ 

      Lyons, Lenore; Ford, Michele
      Published 2010-01-01
      The United States has played a key role in international efforts to address trafficking in Indonesia, as elsewhere. In October 2001, the US State Department established an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, ...
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    • Labour NGOs: An Alternative Form of Labour Organizing in Indonesia, 1991-1998 

      Ford, Michele
      Published 2006-01-01
      Although Indonesia's labour non-government organizations (NGOs) are in many ways unique, they are in fact part of a global surge in non-traditional labour activism, in which international and indigenous labour NGOs have ...
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    • The Making of Industrial Relations in Timor-Leste 

      Ford, Michele
      Published 2016-01-01
      As a new nation, Timor-Leste offers a unique case where formal industrial relations mechanisms have been developed as part of a broader project of state formation. In other words, the transformation of employment relations ...
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    • Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael
      Published 2016-01-01
      This article engages critically with the comparative employment relations literature, assessing its capacity to explain and analyse the relationship between state objectives – accumulation, pacification, legitimation – and ...
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