Seeking Haven and Seeking Jobs: Migrant Workers' Networks in Two Thai Locales

Thailand has seen a large increase in migrant workers from Myanmar since the 1990s. A constant flow of migrants arrive to seek refuge from dire circumstances in their homeland and/or to seek better work opportunities. They have adapted to changing state policy regarding their migrant status and work permits as well as to more immediate means of control. Previous works on this subject have tended either toward macro-level policy and economics, or more journalistic accounts of individual migrant experiences. Little attention has been paid to differences in the migrant processes and networks formed across the border and within the country. In this paper two locales, one on the border (Mae Sot) and one in the interior (Samut Songkhram), are compared based on interviews conducted with migrant workers on their mode of arrival, living and working conditions, migrant status and control, and how they form networks and relations within and across the border. By comparing the two locales, rather than emphasize how the state and geopolitical space define mobility we argue that transnational migrant workers formulate and define their space through adaptive networks in articulation with geopolitical factors as well as local socioeconomic and historical-cultural dynamics. The dynamics among macro policies, micro-level agency of migrants, and meso-level networks define each locale

The organization of Thai society in the early Bangkok period, 1782-1873.

Cornell Thailand Project: Interim Report Series: Number 12. Data Paper: Number 74. Total number of pages: 247 p

The Socio-Economic Behavior of Peasants in Central Java and Central Thailand: A Summary Report(<Special Issue>The Natural Environment and the Socio-Economic Behavior of Farmers in Thailand and Java : A Preliminary Summary Report on "Nature and Man Project" of Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies)

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Urbanization in the Bangkok centred region, Thailand : final report

Monograph on factors shaping urban development and urbanization in Bangkok centred region of Thailand - examines migration patterns; social aspects (e.g. housing situation, crime, educational opportunitys), economic aspects (e.g. economic growth, manpower, income distribution); public administration, activities of local government, public expenditure at the regional and local levels. Statistical data, bibliographic notes