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Article: Precarity and political immobilisation: migrants from Burma in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Title | Precarity and political immobilisation: migrants from Burma in Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Burma Chiang Mai Migration Mobilisation Myanmar Precarity Thailand |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjoc20/current |
Citation | Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2011, v. 41 n. 3, p. 371-392 How to Cite? |
Abstract | An estimated 1.5 million citizens of Burma reside as refugees or migrants in Thailand, where harsh treatment, harassment and social stigmas contribute to a climate of precarity. Although one possible course of action for any community under strain is political mobilisation, for migrants from Burma in the northern city of Chiang Mai, high degrees of exploitation and insecurity have generated an overwhelming disinterest in political issues. The article examines this relationship in five main sections. The first presents the two key concepts that structure the analysis: precarity and political mobilisation. The second examines the context of migration from Burma to Thailand, focusing both on the climate of unrest found in much of Burma and on Thailand's treatment of migrant workers, its non-participation in core international legislation and its sub-standard migrant registration system. The third explains how this study of Burmese migrants in Chiang Mai was undertaken and reviews the ethical considerations required in a study of vulnerable groups. The fourth documents the study's findings and presents migrants' testimony. The fifth seeks to explain the link between precarity and political passivity in this case, and considers the wider implications. The concluding section restates the core finding. © 2011 Journal of Contemporary Asia. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/142991 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.785 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Eberle, ML | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Holliday, I | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-10-28T03:01:25Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-10-28T03:01:25Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Contemporary Asia, 2011, v. 41 n. 3, p. 371-392 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-2336 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/142991 | - |
dc.description.abstract | An estimated 1.5 million citizens of Burma reside as refugees or migrants in Thailand, where harsh treatment, harassment and social stigmas contribute to a climate of precarity. Although one possible course of action for any community under strain is political mobilisation, for migrants from Burma in the northern city of Chiang Mai, high degrees of exploitation and insecurity have generated an overwhelming disinterest in political issues. The article examines this relationship in five main sections. The first presents the two key concepts that structure the analysis: precarity and political mobilisation. The second examines the context of migration from Burma to Thailand, focusing both on the climate of unrest found in much of Burma and on Thailand's treatment of migrant workers, its non-participation in core international legislation and its sub-standard migrant registration system. The third explains how this study of Burmese migrants in Chiang Mai was undertaken and reviews the ethical considerations required in a study of vulnerable groups. The fourth documents the study's findings and presents migrants' testimony. The fifth seeks to explain the link between precarity and political passivity in this case, and considers the wider implications. The concluding section restates the core finding. © 2011 Journal of Contemporary Asia. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Routledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjoc20/current | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Contemporary Asia | en_HK |
dc.subject | Burma | en_HK |
dc.subject | Chiang Mai | en_HK |
dc.subject | Migration | en_HK |
dc.subject | Mobilisation | en_HK |
dc.subject | Myanmar | en_HK |
dc.subject | Precarity | en_HK |
dc.subject | Thailand | en_HK |
dc.title | Precarity and political immobilisation: migrants from Burma in Chiang Mai, Thailand | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Holliday, I: ian.holliday@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Holliday, I=rp00067 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/00472336.2011.582709 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79960383722 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 196691 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960383722&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 371 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 392 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1752-7554 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000299271200002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Eberle, ML=43060978500 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Holliday, I=7003868118 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0047-2336 | - |