TY - BOOK AU - Latdavone Khamphouvong, author. ED - Chiang Mai University, ED - มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่, TI - The Feminization of Modernity: a case study women migrant workers in a Lao Garment Factory T2 - Critical perspectives on regional integration SN - 9786163983879 AV - HD6073.C62L28 L38 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Chiang Mai PB - Chiang Mai University Press KW - women workers KW - migrant workers N1 - Theoretical debate on the feminization of modernity -- Economic transition and ethnic migration patterns -- Urban lifestyles of female migrants factory workers -- Factory girls and modern practices N2 - A Case Study of Women Migrant Workers in a Lao Garment FactoryLatdavone KhamphouvongIn 1986, Lao People s Democratic Republic (PDR) put into effect it s New Economic Mechanism (NEM) in its bid for modernization and development. With this national policy came the conversion of a predominantly agricultural and subsistence-based economy into one focused on commodity-driven production. The country s integration into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its signing of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) made official its integration into the regional and internationnal economy. The once state-planned, socialist economy was restructured into an open, liberalized one. One sector that has experienced marked growth is manufacturing, specifically the garment industry, Domestic and foregin-owned garment factories established beginning in the earyl 1990s now have Laos exporting 80% of its garment products to European Union (EU) nations UR - https://elibrary-nmulib.cu-elibrary.com/rent/ebook/detail/8788a588-7b07-47b8-bbd0-fe74031f83bb ER -