Essays about: "Thai migrants"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Thai migrants.
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1. Creation of a Common : Political Subjectivities of Staffing Agency Mediated Transnational Thai Workers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : This thesis investigates to what extent staffing agency mediation and employment produces a political subjectivity of transnational Thai workers in Thailand. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to a general discussion on how the disaggregation of borders and staffing agencies as border agents affects political subjectivities of transnational workers. READ MORE
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2. Debt Beyond Borders
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : In a time where concern over migrant indebtedness as a cross-cutting development issue is growing around the world, this paper sets out to explore how migrant workers from Myanmar in Thailand perceive loans and debt, and how these perceptions may link with the migrants’ borrowing behaviour. Despite the prominence of the Myanmar-Thai migration corridor and evidence that indebtedness is common amongst Myanmar migrants, research and reliable data on the topic remain scarce, ultimately constituting a barrier to evidence-based interventions and policy-making. READ MORE
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3. Hard Hats, Soft Protection. Barriers to accessing social protection schemes for Cambodian migrant workers in the Thai construction sector – a constructivist grounded theory approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Cambodian migrants in the Thai construction sector, work in precarious working environments, with limited safety conditions and low wages. The use of social protection schemes has increased in recent decades, as a method of reducing the vulnerable against poverty and livelihood risks. READ MORE
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4. Thai migration flows to Sweden
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : Along with the increasing economic and trade links, cultural exchange and tourism activities between the two countries, migration from Thailand to Sweden has been rapidly growing over the last decade (Webster & Haandrikman, 2014). There are manifold reasons that contribute to the migration to Sweden by many Thais, the most common and significant ones are marriage migration and berry picking (labour migration) (Hedberg, 2015). READ MORE
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5. Articulating the Shan migrant community in Thai society through community radio: A case study of the Map radio FM 99 in the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Community radio as an alternative public sphere for minorities has emerged apart from mainstream media and formal public spheres. In particular, its ethos of understanding community participation as a key component of operating a station highlights its potential to empower community members as active social agents. READ MORE
