Global Work, Surplus Labor, and the Precarious Economies of the Border

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Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1598-1624

  Arnold, Dennis ^a   Pickles, John ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Border industrial zones; Greater Mekong Subregion; Mae Sot; Migration; Precarious labor; Racialization; Textile and garment industry

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CAPITAL FLOW; GARMENT INDUSTRY; LABOR MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

MAE SOT; MYANMAR; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; TAK; THAILAND;

EID: 80054023229     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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