Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes: Guest Workers in Asia and the Gulf

✍ Scribed by Charanpal Singh Bal (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book emphasizes the importance of production politics, or struggles in the workplace between workers and their employers, for understanding migrant labour regimes in Asia and the Gulf. Drawing from a study of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore, as well as on comparative material in the region, Bal shows that migrant labour politics are significantly influenced by the specific form of production politics as well as their variable outcomes. In contrast to contentious politics approaches, this book sheds light on the extent to which migrant labour regimes can be contested by workers and civil society groups and explains the recent rise in migrant labour unrest in the region.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes....Pages 1-18
The Political Economy of Singapore’s Migrant Labour Regime: State Policies and Contractor Strategies....Pages 19-48
Temporary Bangladeshi Labour Emigrants to Singapore....Pages 49-77
Constituting Tactical Obedience in the Workplace....Pages 79-110
Labour Conflict and the Restoration of Obedience at EW Construction....Pages 111-139
Intimidation, Violence and the Compulsions of Desertion....Pages 141-170
Production Politics and Migrant Labour Advocacy....Pages 171-206
Contesting Migrant Labour Regimes: The State of Migrant Labour Politics in Asia and the Gulf....Pages 207-232
Conclusion....Pages 233-243
Back Matter....Pages 245-250

✦ Subjects

Asian Politics;Migration;Political Economy;Asian Economics;Labor Economics