Precarious lives: Transnational biographies of migrant oil palm workers

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-342

  Pye, Oliver ^a   Daud, Ramlah ^b   Harmono, Yuyun ^c   Tatat, ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c Anti Debt Koalition (KAU)   (Indonesia)

^d Yappika Civil Society Alliance for Democracy   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Labour; Malaysia; Migration; Oil palm; Precarity

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PLANTATION; VEGETABLE OIL;

INDONESIA;

CHARADRII; ELAEIS;

EID: 84872389521     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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