Wage Labour in Southeast Asia Since 1840 - Globalization, International Division of Labour Labour

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Amarjit Kaur examines wage labour's role in economic growth and change in Southeast Asia since 1840. 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; Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: A Kaur, A. Kaur
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349408894
• ISBN: 978-1-349-40889-4
• No. of pages: 303
• Series: A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia; Modern Economic History of Sou; A Modern Economic History of Southeast Asia; Modern Economic History of Sou
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Globalisierung, B, Globalization, Arbeits- / Einkommensökonomie, Finance, Economic history, Finance, general, Labour Economics, Financial Economics, Management science, Development Economics, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Labor Economics, Finanzenwesen und Finanzindustrie