Teri L Caraway Libros

Two decades after Indonesia's transition to democracy, Indonesia's labor movement is a vibrant political actor. This book provides the first in-depth analysis of this development, investigating the unique tactics Indonesia's labor movement used to gain a strategic foothold in a country with no recent history of union engagement in politics.

This Element describes the geopolitics of the early postwar period and the economic and political dynamics that perpetuated labor's containment yet produced a resurgence of labor mobilization in the 21st century. It also explains why democratization has had mixed effects on organized labor in Southeast Asia region.