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Wheels within Wheels: Poverty, Power and Patronage in the Cambodian Migration System

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  • Laurie Parsons
  • Sabina Lawreniuk
  • John Pilgrim

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This article presents evidence for an adjusted and refocused systems theory of labour migration in Cambodia. Specifically, it seeks to highlight first, how migration in Cambodia may be understood as a multi-scalar phenomenon characterised by pragmatism and flexibility; secondly, it emphasises the undergirding role of traditional rural norms in shaping and mediating the systematic process of labour movement; and finally, it presents evidence concerning how these structures constitute a vessel of social change, not only from urban to rural, but also from the rural to urban. In this way, a picture is presented of Cambodian migration as an adaptable, but nevertheless highly patterned process which is rapidly reordering the Kingdom's cities and villages alike.

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  • Laurie Parsons & Sabina Lawreniuk & John Pilgrim, 2014. "Wheels within Wheels: Poverty, Power and Patronage in the Cambodian Migration System," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(10), pages 1362-1379, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:50:y:2014:i:10:p:1362-1379
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.940915
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    1. Dennis Arnold, 2013. "Workers’ agency and re-working power relations in Cambodia’s garment industry," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series ctg-2013-24, GDI, The University of Manchester.
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    1. Sabina Lawreniuk & Laurie Parsons, 2017. "Mother, grandmother, migrant: Elder translocality and the renegotiation of household roles in Cambodia," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 49(7), pages 1664-1683, July.
    2. Alice Evans, 2019. "How Cities Erode Gender Inequality: A New Theory and Evidence from Cambodia," CID Working Papers 356, Center for International Development at Harvard University.

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