Ties that Bind: Cultural Identity, Class, and Law in Vietnam's Labor Resistance (Southeast Asia Program Publications)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0877277621 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Superb analysis of Vietnam's emergent working class, how they" according to Adam Fforde. Superb analysis of Vietnam's emergent working class, how they organize, what they feel, and what they are up against
Tran’s detailed investigation shows that labor activism is a hallmark of modern Vietnam. Evidence demonstrates that, at critical times, shared cultural ties have propelled Vietnamese workers toward "class moments" inspiring them to fight collectively for their rights. Through interviews with employees, organizers, journalists, and officials, as well as evidence from government reports and underground protest materials, this book analyzes a broad range of workers’ experiences on the factory floor and in their dormitories. This work addresses key questions about
Tria Kerkvliet, Australian National University, author of The Power of Everyday Politics "Trân Ngoc has written the authoritative book on historical and contemporary labor movements in Vietnam. Nguyên-Võ Thu-Húóng, University of California, Los Angeles, author of The Ironies of Freedom: Sex, Culture, and Neoliberal Governance in Vietnam. "Tran Ngoc Angie makes a substantial contribution to scholarship on Vietnam specifically and Southeast Asia generally by entwining the growth of workers' class consciousness with their ethnic, religious, and other identities. Trân makes a superbly convincing case for &ldqu
Tran Ngoc Angie is Professor of Political Economy at California State University, Monterey Bay. Her research interests and publications are on Vietnamese labor-management-state relations, labor resistance, global labor migration and export labor, and corporate social responsibility.