Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes

Charan Bal is Deputy Head (Global Class) at the Department of International Relations, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta. He researches migrant labour politics and Southeast Asian political economy and has been published in the Journal of Contemporary Asia and the Asian Journal of Law and Society. He is a joint-winner of the Asian Studies Association of Australia PhD prize 2014.

• 1. Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes.- 2. The Political Economy of Singapore’s Migrant Labour Regime.- 3. Temporary Bangladeshi Labour Emigrants to Singapore.- 4. Constituting Tactical Obedience in the Workplace.- 5. Labour Conflict and the Restoration of Obedience.- 6. Intimidation, Violence and the Compulsions of Desertion.- 7. Production Politics and Migrant Labour Advocacy.- 8. Contesting Migrant Labour Regimes.- 9. Conclusion.

“This excellent book contributes to our understanding of the nature, changing forms, and political consequences of labour unrest among these precariously employed and disempowered workers. … This argument is a timely corrective to those studies that have largely restricted their focus to the non-state political space of civil society to explain both the victories and/or limits of agitations to reform migrant labour regimes.” (Andrew Brown, Journal of Contemporary Asia, July, 2017)