序論Acknowledgments
This edited book originated in an International Conference on PolicyResponses to Precarious Work in Asia held in Institute of Sociology(IOS), Academia Sinica, on December 12-13, 2013. It was organizedand sponsored by IOS. The chapters collected in this volume are revisedversions of the papers previously presented at the Conference. Thecurrent chapter on Indonesia was later commissioned after theConference, and we are grateful to IndrasariTjandraningsih for heragreement to contribute to the book. We are also thankful to all otherchapter authors for their support and patience at the Conference andduring the review and revision processes for publication.Just one useful information to all our readers, this current book canbe viewed as the sequel to the two consecutive special issues on
Precarious Work in East and Southeast Asia in American BehavioralScience 57: 3-4 (2013), guest edited by Arne Kalleberg and KevinHewison.As editors of this book, we would like also to extend our sinceregratitude to the staff of IOS who have helped in the organization of theConference and during the production of the volume.
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
Arne L. Kalleberg
Kevin Hewison
March 2015