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The Feminization of Modernity : a case study women migrant workers in a Lao Garment Factory / Latdavone Khamphouvong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical perspectives on regional integration ; 13. | Critical perspectives on regional integrationPublication details: Chiang Mai : Chiang Mai University Press, 2019.; เชียงใหม่ : สำนักพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่, 2562.Description: xiii, 144 pages : maps, charts ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9786163983879
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  • The Feminization of Modernity a case study women migrant workers in a Lao Garment Factory
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  • HD6073.C62L28 L38 2019
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Theoretical debate on the feminization of modernity -- Economic transition and ethnic migration patterns -- Urban lifestyles of female migrants factory workers -- Factory girls and modern practices
Summary: A Case Study of Women Migrant Workers in a Lao Garment FactoryLatdavone KhamphouvongIn 1986, Lao People s Democratic Republic (PDR) put into effect it s New Economic Mechanism (NEM) in its bid for modernization and development. With this national policy came the conversion of a predominantly agricultural and subsistence-based economy into one focused on commodity-driven production. The country s integration into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its signing of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) made official its integration into the regional and internationnal economy. The once state-planned, socialist economy was restructured into an open, liberalized one. One sector that has experienced marked growth is manufacturing, specifically the garment industry, Domestic and foregin-owned garment factories established beginning in the earyl 1990s now have Laos exporting 80% of its garment products to European Union (EU) nations.
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Theoretical debate on the feminization of modernity -- Economic transition and ethnic migration patterns -- Urban lifestyles of female migrants factory workers -- Factory girls and modern practices

A Case Study of Women Migrant Workers in a Lao Garment FactoryLatdavone KhamphouvongIn 1986, Lao People s Democratic Republic (PDR) put into effect it s New Economic Mechanism (NEM) in its bid for modernization and development. With this national policy came the conversion of a predominantly agricultural and subsistence-based economy into one focused on commodity-driven production. The country s integration into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its signing of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) made official its integration into the regional and internationnal economy. The once state-planned, socialist economy was restructured into an open, liberalized one. One sector that has experienced marked growth is manufacturing, specifically the garment industry, Domestic and foregin-owned garment factories established beginning in the earyl 1990s now have Laos exporting 80% of its garment products to European Union (EU) nations.

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