A. Kaur

Wage Labour in Southeast Asia Since 1840

Globalization, the International Division of Labour and Labour Transformations

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-40889-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781349408894
• ISBN-10: 1349408891
• Artikelnr.: 45069929

Autorenporträt

AMARJIT KAUR is Professor of Economic History at the University of New England and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published extensively on transport, labour, and economic development in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: FORMATION OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN ECONOMY, c.1800 Introduction Economy and Society in Southeast Asia, c.1800 PART II: GLOBALISATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR, 1870-1940 Labour Dynamics in Sugar and Rice Production: Coercion, Contract and Free Labour Urban Centres and Industrialisation: Industrial and Service Workers PART III: SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE WORLD WAR II: GLOBALISATION, TRADE LIBERALISATION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR Conclusion: Globalisation, Economic Growth, and Labour