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Biblioteca Precarity and Social Mobilization among Migrant Workers from Myanmar in Thailand

Precarity and Social Mobilization among Migrant Workers from Myanmar in Thailand

Precarity and Social Mobilization among Migrant Workers from Myanmar in Thailand

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Date of publication
Febrero 2010
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ISBN / Resource ID
OBL:75009

ABSTRACT: "Fleeing state-sponsored violence and economic decline in their home country, hundreds
of thousands of Myanmar émigrés have in recent years crossed the border into
Thailand
in search of a better life.
For the estimated 2 million Myanmar migrants now living there,
however, life in Thailand presents its own challenges. With insufficient legal provisions
to handle the influx of migrants, the Thai government has largely turned a blind eye to
abuse and exploitation suffered by migrant workers. Yet despite poor working conditions
and exploitation, there does not appear to be much of a call to improve conditions
through mobilization among the Myanmar migrant community.
The marked absence of mobilization on any level thus begs the question: why is the
migrant population in Thailand so passive in the face of severe strain and exploitation?
This thesis explores the issue of non-
mobilization among
migrant groups, using as a
framework two core concepts: social mobilization and precarity. The long-standing
discourse on social mobilization focuses on social and political action in response to
societal strain, taking into account other factors such as
access to resources and
institutional opportunities. Precarity, a newer concept and compliment to the established
social mobilization debates,
has been used to describe a
lifestyle characterized by
critical
social, economic, and political insecurity...

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Eberle
Meghan Lea

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