Migrant waste collectors in Thailand’s informal economy: Mapping class relations
Recent scholarship on primitive accumulation and deagrarianisation in the global South has addressed a decline in formal employment prospects, leaving most ex-peasants (and their heirs) struggling to earn a livelihood … Continue reading
Gender and the future of work in Thailand
Women in Asia experience massive structural disadvantages, from early childhood education through their retirement from work. It is mainly women who are exploited as cheap labor in Asias export industries … Continue reading
The Commodification of Public Spaces
This study focuses on the mechanisms and institutions for the governance of public spaces on Khao San Road, Bangkok, Thailand. Khao San offers immense opportunity for vendors, as it is … Continue reading
Discrimination against women migrant workers in construction and domestic work in Thailand
Overworked and undervalued, women migrant workers in the Thai construction and domestic work sectors are regularly discriminated against and often lack labour protection. Women currently make up approximately half of … Continue reading
Framed by Freedom: Emancipation and Oppression in Post-Fordist Thailand
Claudio Sopranzetti – Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2009 and 2014, this article examines the discourse of freedom among motorcycle taxi drivers in Bangkok and the practices, both emancipatory … Continue reading
Climate change and urban health vulnerability
This study examines the climate change and urban health vulnerability of suburban Pralab, Khon Kaen City, in the northeast of Thailand. Empirical data is drawn from a field study using … Continue reading
Being LGBT in Asia: Thailand Country Report
The history of homosexuality and transgender behaviours in Thailand has led to a complex and contradictory situation with the outward appearance of acceptance, and higher visibility of transgender people than … Continue reading
Bullying of LGBT Secondary School Students in Thailand
This study evaluates the issue in the Thai context. UNESCO, which has recently been addressing homophobic school bullying on a global scale, together with Plan International through its Learn Without … Continue reading
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