| Wage Labour in Southeast Asia Since 1840: Globalization, the International Division of Labour and Labour Transformations 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Kaur, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333736966 ISBN-13: 9780333736968 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: Amarjit Kaur examines wage labor's role in economic growth and change in Southeast Asia since the mid-nineteenth century, its focus is on globalization; the old and new international division of labor and how transnational economic processes shaped and continue to shape labor systems. There are five main themes--the labor process and labor systems in plantation, mining and manufacturing production; labor migration; labor in the urban sector; labor standard - wages, working conditions and labor rights, and labor organization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Finance - General - Business & Economics | Labor - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 331.109 |
| LCCN: 2003062676 |
| Series: Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.66" W x 8.78" (0.72 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Amarjit Kaur examines wage labour's role in economic growth and change in Southeast Asia since 1840. Her study focuses on globalization; the international division of labour and how transnational economic processes shaped and continue to shape labour systems. There are five main themes - labour processes, migration and labour systems; labour circulation or mobility; the gendered nature of labour relations; and, class consciousness, worker organization and labour standards. A wide-ranging study which will be of great interest to historians, economists and Asia specialists. |