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Labour Regime Transformation in Myanmar: Constitutive Processes of Contestation
Author(s) -
Arnold Dennis,
Campbell Stephen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/dech.12315
Subject(s) - hegemony , capital (architecture) , government (linguistics) , situated , transformation (genetics) , political economy , labour law , economics , political science , economic system , sociology , economy , labour economics , law , politics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , gene
This article studies the case of a workers’ strike in Myanmar's ready‐made garment sector to illustrate how differently‐situated actors have engaged at multiple scales to influence emerging forms of labour regulation in the country. The analysis is drawn out through the historicization of domestic regulatory transformation. As a hegemonic project targeting industrial peace for purposes of capital accumulation, Myanmar's labour regime has been shaped by various actors outside of government circles, including International Labour Organization (ILO) personnel, Myanmar trade unionists, foreign governments, transnational corporations, domestic capitalists and Myanmar workers. Proposing a multi‐scalar reading of labour regime transformation attentive to constitutive processes of contestation, the study analyses ways in which varied, and at times unofficial, relations coalesce to shape labour regulation.