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1. Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia

   Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   This book brings together extensive recent innovative research on the study of men and masculinities in Southeast Asia. Drawing on rich ethnographic fieldwork from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the book examines both dominant and marginal...

   To Be Published June 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Social Activism in Southeast Asia

   Edited by Michele Ford

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Social Activism in Southeast Asia brings together cutting-edge accounts of social movements concerned with civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and sexual identity in an overarching framework of...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

   Critical Perspectives

   Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. Women and Work in Indonesia

   Edited by Michele Ford, Lyn Parker

   Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series

   This book examines the meaning of work for women in contemporary Indonesia. It takes a broad definition of work in order to interrogate assumptions about work and economic activity, focusing on what women themselves see as their work, which includes not only paid employment, home life and child...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
5. Women and Labour Organizing in Asia

   Diversity, Autonomy and Activism

   Edited by Kaye Broadbent, Michele Ford

   Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series

   This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns throughout the region. Although focusing primarily on women, the contributions to this book address issues that affect all workers. Chapters on...

   Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge