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Socially Constructed Ethnic Division of Labour

Labour Control in Taiwanese-Owned Firms in Malaysia and Vietnam

Hong-zen Wang

National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Using fieldwork data from Taiwanese-owned factories in Malaysia and Vietnam, the authors argue that the labour regime based on ethnic division of labour is a function of the degree of proletarianization, which depends on the state's policies and one's social capital. State policy protects native Malay and Vietnamese, and excludes the rights of migrant workers, regardless of whether these migrant workers are skilled or unskilled. Local ethnic Chinese, with higher social capital, find themselves somewhere between the two poles.

Key Words: ethnicity • labour control • Malaysia • overseas investment • Taiwan • Vietnam

International Sociology, Vol. 21, No. 4, 580-601 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0268580906065302


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