Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. This insightful book ventures into a part of the global economy Western observers rarely witness. Based on unique empirical research, it provides a gendered account...

1. Feminist political economy : looking back, looking forward / Shirin M. Rai and Georgina Waylen -- 2. Gendered, globalisation and the reproduction of labour : bringing the state back in / Ruth Pearson -- 3. Gender production networks : pushes and pulls on corporate responsibility? / Stephanie...