Search for dissertations about: "indian labour"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words indian labour.
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1. From indentured labourer to free wage worker in South Africa : Some aspects and changes of the Indian South African socio-economic and labour position, 1860-1950
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2. Swahili Social Landscapes : Material expressions of identity, agency, and labour in Zanzibar, 1000–1400 CE
Abstract : This thesis explores the social and productive landscapes of Tumbatu and Mkokotoni, two neighbouring Swahili sites in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, which are dated to the 11th to 15th centuries CE. Emerging on the East African coast around the 7th century CE, the Swahili culture has traditionally been associated with vast Indian Ocean trade networks, stone towns, and a cosmopolitan hierarchical Islamic society, within which social status was negotiated through imported prestige goods and stone architecture. READ MORE
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3. Land, Labour, Legacies : Long-term Trends in Inequality and Living Standards in Tanzania, c. 1920-2020
Abstract : Since the beginning of African decolonisation in the mid-twentieth century, many newly independent countries struggled to embark upon a path of sustained economic growth to raise their populations out of poverty. One of these countries is Tanzania. READ MORE
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4. Making standards work : case studies of social and environmental standards in the clothing and catering supply chains
Abstract : Social and environmental standards can function as tools for companies that want to improve their conduct in social and environmental areas in the supply chain. However, relatively little attention has been given to how the adoption of social and environmental standards may influence the actual business practices in the supply chain. READ MORE
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5. Gender discourses at work : export industry workers and construction workers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract : The worldwide relocation and globalisation of low-value production to countries where labour intensive production is profitable, has led to new patterns of work and mobility, especially for women. In India and Tamil Nadu, the strategies of economic liberalisation and export promotion during the recent decades have created a large export sector of garments and leather industries, which has attracted many women. READ MORE