Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia by Michele Ford

Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia by Michele Ford

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This book both considers labour migration in its totality, showing how the divide between illegal and legal migration is often blurred, and also examines how governmental and international measures to counter illegal migration are translated into action on the ground, and what impact on all kinds of migration they have in practice.

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Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia by Michele Ford

This book both considers labour migration in its totality, showing how the divide between illegal and legal migration is often blurred, and also examines how governmental and international measures to counter illegal migration are translated into action on the ground, and what impact on all kinds of migration they have in practice.

"This book is an important contribution to an understanding of migration, warts
and all, in Southeast Asia..In all, the book is an informative and stimulating collection of papers."
- Chris Manning, The Australian National University, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

Willem van Schendel is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He is author of several books, including A History of Bangladesh (Cambridge University Press 2009) and The Bengal Borderland: Beyond State and Nation in South Asia (Anthem Press 2005)

Lenore Lyons is an Honorary Associate in the Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney. Recognized as the leading scholar on the feminist movement in Singapore, she recently completed a major study of citizenship, identity and sovereignty in the Riau Islands of Indonesia

Michele Ford is Associate Professor of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney, where she teaches and researches about social activism and human rights in Southeast Asia. She is the author of Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement (NUS/Hawaii/KITLV 2009)

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ISBN 13 9781138815858
ISBN 10 1138815853
Title Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Author Michele Ford
Series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2014-07-04
Number of pages 190
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.