1992 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Labor and Life of Migrants in Southeast Asian Cities.
| Project/Area Number |
03041053
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University (1992)
Kobe University (1991) |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKEUCHI Takao Associate professor, Faculty of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University., 国際関係学部, 助教授 (40105747)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ポンペン ハントラクーン シンラパコーン大学, 文学部, 助教授
スリチャイ ワンケオ チュラロンコーン大学, 政治学部, 助教授
SEKI Hiroko Assistant, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tsuda College, 学芸学部, 助手 (80236075)
NOZU Koji Lecturer, Faculty of International Culture Studies, Tenri University, 国際文化学部, 講師 (40208369)
TAKAI Yasuhiro Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Otani University., 文学部, 講師 (00216607)
MATSUSONO Yuko Associate professor, College of Humanities, Iwaki Meisei University., 人文学部, 助教授 (00164799)
HASHIMOTO Takashi Associate professor, Faculty of International Culture Studies, Tenri University., 国際文化学部, 助教授 (00208448)
MURASHIMA Eiji Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Seikei University., 文学部, 助教授 (70239515)
SHIMIZU Yoshifumi Professor, Faculty of Sociology, St.Andrew's University., 社会学部, 教授 (40132352)
PORNPEN HANTRAKOOL Assistdnt Professor, Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University.
SURICHAI WUN'GAEO Associate professor, Faculty of Political Science, Chuldlongkorn University.
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1992
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| Keywords | Industrialization / Urbanization / economic growth / The Eastern Seaboard Development Project / migration / Informal sector / Speculation in a lot |
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| Research Abstract |
We make a priority on totaling and arranging data of the research this year. The result is as follows (see the interim report).
1.The suburban rural village of Bangkok
High growth rate of economy from 1987-91 caused a speculation in a lot. It is remarkable around the Bangkok metropolitan area. The price of land of the research site where stands 15 km from downtown of the Bangkok came up to more than a million Baht per rai (=0.16ha.) at the beggining of the 90s. The urbanization rushed to the research site. The raise of land price and urbanization have changed enormously an agricultural management and a livelihood of the villagers. Golf course and safari park were made around the village. These changed its landscape and carried a new agricultural management, which was gardening. These also raised an income of villagers.
These radical and rapid change make consciousness and livelihood of the villagers closer to that of the urban inhabitants.
2.The migrant community on the subarban area of Ch
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onburi City
As Chonburi City is one of the center of the Eastern Seaboard Development Project, the labor marker of Chonburi City is expanding. It causes a shortage of labor forces. Therefore many migrants come to Chonburi City seeking for jobs. They lived in this community for more than twenty years. Many of them engage in informal sector. Upper level of wage laborers in this community are, however, apt to be step migrants via Bangkok, and a school career of them are rather higher than the inhabitants who engage in informal sector. Migrants are also apt to live long in this community.
3.The outskirts rural village of Chonburi city
The progress of industrialization of Chonburi Province causes radical change to traditional rice farming villages. The research site has been changing at the begginning of the 90s. The agricultural management has converted from rice farming to fish farming and poultry farming. The large capital of agri-business companies have directory controlled poultry farmers through the village headman who is an agency in the latter. On the contrary farmers have invested and changed paddy fields to ponds in the former. It is impossible to reconvert from pond to paddy field, for the rich surface soil has lost already. But this new agricultural management made this village the first model village of development in the province.
The above is outline of the result. Rapid growth of Thai economy has caused a radical change of three research sites. Less
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