The global political economy of the household in Asia / edited by Juanita Elias, University of Warwick, UK, and Samanthi J. Gunawardana, Monash University, Australia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elias, Juanita, editor.

Gunawardana, Samanthi J., editor.

Series:

International political economy series (Palgrave (Firm))

International political economy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Households--Economic aspects--Asia.

Households.

Work and family--Asia.

Work and family.

Women--Employment--Asia.

Women.

Women--Employment.

Cost and standard of living.

Households--Economic aspects.

Asia.

Cost and standard of living--Asia.

Asia--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Contents:

Part I The State and the Household Economy: Competitiveness, Development and Security

1 Women Hold Up the Anti-Welfare Regime: How Social Policies Produce Social Differentiation in Singapore / Youyenn Tea Tea, Youyenn 15

2 The State and the Foreign Relations of Households: The Malaysia-Indonesia Domestic Worker Dispute / Juanita Elias Elias, Juanita 28

3 Armed Resistance, Economic (Insecurity and the Household: A Case Study of the Maoist Insurgency in India / Swati Parashar Parashar, Swati 43

4 Rural Sinhalese Women, Nationalism and Narratives of Development in Sri Lanka's Post-War Political Economy / Samanthi J. Gunawardana Gunawardana, Samanthi J. 59

Part II The Household as a Site of Socioeconomic Transformation

5 Flexible, Exotic, Unorganized: 'Frontier' Women in Indian Cities / Duncan McDuie Ra Ra, Duncan McDuie 77

6 Global Householding for Social Reproduction: Vietnamese Women's Marriage Migration to South Korea / Hyunok Lee Lee, Hyunok 94

7 Single Women and Their Households in Contemporary Japan / Laura Dales Dales, Laura 110

8 'Because We Have Husbands with Full-Time Jobs...': The State, The Household and Home Care Work in Japan / Kaye Broadbent Broadbent, Kaye 127

Part III The Household and the Gendered Workplace

9 It's the (Household) Economy, Stupid! Pension Reform, Collective Resistance and the Reproductive Sphere in Sri Lanka / Kanchana N. Ruwanpura Ruwanpura, Kanchana N. 145

10 Vietnamese Migrant Clothing Workers in Malaysia: Global Production, Transnational Labour Migration and Social Reproduction / Vicki Crinis Crinis, Vicki 162

11 Work, Employment and Welfare of Chinese Rural Women: The Impact of Household Structure and implications for Social Policy / Fang Lee Cooke Cooke, Fang Lee 178

12 Extreme Jobs and the Household: Work and Care in the New India / Elizabeth Hill Hill, Elizabeth 194

13 Waste Recycling and the Household Economy: The Case of the Pune Waste-Pickers' Response to the Changing 'Rules of the Game' / Patrick Kilby Kilby, Patrick 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-257) and index.

ISBN:

9781137338891

113733889X

OCLC:

852224825