1. Social Activism in Southeast Asia: An Introduction Michele Ford 2. Southeast Asian Activism and the Limits to Independent Political Space Garry Rodan 3. Separatism in Aceh: From Social Rebellion to Political Movement Edward Aspinall 4. Philippine Contention in the Democratic ‘Transitions’ Vince Boudreau 5. Values and the Institutionalization of Indonesia’s Organic Agriculture Movement Nicola Edwards 6. Burmese Social Movements in Exile: Labour, Migration and Democracy Dennis Arnold 7. Labour Activism in Thailand Andrew Brown and Sakdina Chatrakul Na Ayudhya 8. The Anti-Globalization Movement in the Philippines Dominique Caouette and Teresa Tadem 9. Activism and Aid: Shaping the Peace Movement in Timor-Leste Thushara Dibley 10. International Agendas and Sex Worker Rights in Cambodia Larissa Sandy 11. Sexuality Rights Activism in Malaysia: The Case of Seksualiti Merdeka Julian C. H. Lee 12. The Christian Right and the Singaporean Feminist Movement Lenore Lyons
Biography
Michele Ford is Associate Professor in the Department of Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the Indonesian labour movement and organized labour’s responses to temporary labour migration in East and Southeast Asia. She is the author of Workers and Intellectuals: NGOs, Trade Unions and the Indonesian Labour Movement (NUS/Hawaii/KITLV 2009) and co-editor of Women and Work in Indonesia (Routledge 2008); Women and Labour Organizing in Asia: Diversity, Autonomy and Activism (Routledge 2008); Indonesia Beyond the Water’s Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State (ISEAS 2009); Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia (Routledge 2012) and Labour Migration and Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Critical Perspectives (Routledge 2012).
