[Ongoing Research] Precarious Labour and Authoritarian Resurgence: Potentials and Challenges of Struggles in Thailand and Indonesia

This comparative research examines three areas of inquiry: 1) tracing the historically shaped political-economy contradictions that generate temporarily moments of coherence and incoherence in movements’ expressions of grievances; 2) mapping the political expressions mobilised by alternative labour groups, including independent unions, worker communities, and youth collectives that articulate the interests of vulnerable middle-class and working-class constituencies, 3) analysing the temporal moments which expressions are articulated, re-articulated, and de-articulated, producing recurring cycles of coherence and incoherence within social movements.

Research Leads:

• Dr. Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih (Department of Sociology, Universitas Indonesia)
• Ismail Fahmi, M.A (Labour Activist and Researcher, Indonesia)

Partners: Global Development Network, International Development Research Centre