Title: Renegotiating local values :
Authors: Lie, Merete.; Lund, Ragnhild.
Date: 1994
Publisher: Curzon Press,
Physical description: xi, 173 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Contents: Map of Peninsular Malaysia -- The Scope of the Study. Gender, Welfare, and the International Division of Labour. Key Concepts. Gender and Change. Meeting the Women of the Study -- The Approach. Research Problems and Analysis. Datatypes and Methods. In Depth Studies -- The Malaysian Context. Malaysia: History and Population. Ethnic Divisions and Educational Policies. Religious Traditions. Malay Women -- Small Foreign Companies in Malaysia: Motives for Relocation of Production. Developing Industrial Policies. Norwegian Companies within Malaysian Industrial Policies. Malaysian Industrial Incentives. Ownership Structures and Connections to Local Economy. Work Organization and Working Conditions. Labour Laws and Trade Unions. The Scandinavian Model of Democracy at Work. Motives for Establishment -- The Factory. First Impressions of the Factory. Company Structure. The Work: Snelling and Tying. The Wages: Not for a Living. The Factory as a Social Field. Treated as a Girl. Temporary Work Makes Temporary Workers -- The FELDA: A Settler Society. The First Visit to the FELDA Settlement. FELDA Settlements as Actors of Rural Development. Lives and Livelihoods in a FELDA Settlement. The Local Esteem of Factory Work. Changing Structures and Practices: Who Are the Actors? -- Changing Livelihoods. Women Supporting Livelihoods. Material Welfare and Perceptions of Change. Survival Strategies of the FELDA Settlers. Family Structure and Pooling of Resources. Economic Decision-Making. Household Expenditures and Budgets. Individual Spending and Contributions of Female Workers. Towards a New Economic Role for the Woman -- Changing Lives. The Life Stories. The Mothers' Childhood. Marriage and Adult Life. Growing up in a FELDA Village. Working Mothers - Working Daughters. Continuity and Change: New Responsibilities -- Gender at the Interface: Change and Adaptations. Malay Women in the International Division of Labour. The Company and the Local Society: Corresponding Needs. The Company and the Female Workers: A Perfect Fit? The Company and the Local Community: Women in Between.
Subject headings (LCSH): Investments, Norwegian--Malaysia.; Malaysia--Economic conditions.; Women in development--Malaysia.; Women--Employment--Malaysia.; Women--Malaysia--Economic conditions.