Renegotiating Local Values: Working Women and Foreign Industry in MalaysiaExplores the role of women as social actors who contribute to both continuity and change in their society. It examines the inter-linkages between women, industrial work and relations both within the family and in the local community. |
Contents
The Scope of the Study | 1 |
The Approach | 17 |
The Malaysian Context | 26 |
Motives | 35 |
A Settler Society | 70 |
Changing Livelihoods | 87 |
Changing Lives | 121 |
Change and Adaptations | 148 |
Appendix 1 | 159 |
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Renegotiating Local Values: Working Women and Foreign Industry in Malaysia Merete Lie,Ragnhild Lund No preview available - 2016 |
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