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Dr. Rachel Kurian

Dr. Rachel Kurian

States, Societies and World Development (SG2)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Senior Lecturer

 

T: +31 70 4260567

E: kurian@remove-this.iss.nl

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Professional experience

Present position
Senior Lecturer
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department States, Societies and World Development (SG2)
   

Research

ISS: Individual Research SGII
Role Member
 

Publications

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Article (6)
  • Kurian, R. (2012). Models of Elderly Care in Japan and The Netherlands: Social Quality Perspectives. International Journal of Social Quality, 2(1), 74-88.
  • Kurian, R. (2002). Minder Onderwijs Minder Kinderarbeid (87E Jaargang, 31 Mei 2002). Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 428-429.
  • Kurian, R. (2002). Dubbele Standaard: Globalisering Zonder Democratie (Jaargang 15, Najaar 2002). De Helling, 39-41.
  • Kurian, R. (1999). Caste Hierarchy and Female Labour. Pravada, 6(5), 23-26.
  • Hanmer, L., Jong, N. de, Kurian, R. & Mooij, J.E. (1999). Are the DAC Targets Achievable? Poverty and Human Development in the Year 2015. Journal of International Development, 11, 547-563.
  • Kurian, R. (1991). Options for the Plantation Sector in the 1990s. The Thatched Patio, 4, 10.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (1)
  • Kurian, R. (1988). Women and Plantations in the Caribbean. Geneva: ILO.
Part of book - Chapter (11)
  • Kurian, R. (2010). Flexicurity and Gender Mainstreaming: Deliberative Processes, Knowledge Networks and the European Labour Market. In B. Young & C. Scherrer (Eds.), Gender Knowledge and Knowledge Networks in International Political Economy (Feminist and critical political economy, 3) (pp. 75-93). Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Kurian, R. (2006). The Globalisation of Domestic Care Services. In T.-D. Truong, S. Wieringa & A. Chhachhi (Eds.), Engendering Human Security: Feminist Perspectives (pp. 147-168). London and New Delhi: Zed Press and Women Unlimited.
  • Kurian, R. (2003). Labor, Race and Gender on the Coffee Plantations in Ceylon, 1834-1880. In The global coffee economy in Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1500-1989 (pp. 173-190). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Kurian, R. (2002). India: To Act and Learn. In (pp. 41-55) Oslo: Fafo.
  • Kurian, R. (1999). Labour Markets in Developing Countries are Quite Different from Those in Developed Countries. In (pp. 23-30) New York: UNDP.
  • Kurian, R. (1999). Women's Work in Changing Labour Markets: The Case of Thailand in the 1980s. In (pp. 174-195) London: MacMillan, St. Martin's Press.
  • Kurian, R. (1998). Tamil Women on Sri Lankan Plantations: Labour Control and Patriarchy. In (pp. 67-87) Oxford: Berg Publishers.
  • Kurian, R. (1997). Tamil Women on Sri Lankan Plantations: Labour Control and Patriarchy. In (pp. 67-87) Oxford: Berg Publishers.
  • Kurian, R. (1996). Las Mujeres y El Crecimiento Economico Sostenible. In (pp. 198-228) San Jose: UNAH POSCAE/Centro de Estudios de La Mujer.
  • Kurian, R. (1990). la main d'oeuvre des plantations de Sri Lanka: l'histoire de sa lutte pour les droits politique. In Paris: Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud.
  • Kurian, R. (1988). Tamil Women on Sri Lankan Plantations: Ethnicity, Patriarchy and Labour Control. In .
Report (36)
  • Kumar, S., Kurian, R. & Namala, A. (2012). Quest for Equity: Urban Dalit Women Employees and Entrepreneurs. The Hague; New Delhi: Justitia et Pax; Centre for Social Equity and Inclusion (CSEI); International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  • Kurian, R. & Kotte, C. (2012). Gender, Entrepreneurship and Minority Groups Surinamese Women in the Netherlands. The Hague: Municipality The Hague and International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  • Kumar, S., Kurian, R. & Namala, A. (2010). Quest for Equity: Urban Dalit Women Employees and Entrepreneurs. (Dalit research programme - women series2 ). The Hague: Justicia et Pax.
  • Kurian, R. (2008). Building Bridges in Neighbourhoods :Connecting Communities, Celebrating Diversity and Promoting Civic Citizenship at local levels (Study done for The Hague Municipality). The Hague: ISS.
  • Bedi, A.S. & Kurian, R. (2007). Elimination of Child Labour Projects in Asia: An Evaluation (Consultancy Report for FNV). The Hague: ISS.
  • Bedi, A.S. & Kurian, R. (2004). Poverty, Gender and Social Exclusion in Mauritius (Consultancy Report for the African Development Bank). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (2003). Women Workers in a Global Economy: Trends and Issues. (ISS Working Papers, General Series384 ). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (2000). World Employment: A Gender Perspective Thematic Report of Industrialised Countries. Stockholm: Sida.
  • Kurian, R. (2000). Policy Evaluation of the VMP: Child Labour Policy of the FNV (Evaluation Report Submitted to FNV, September 2000). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (2000). Policy Evaluation of the VMP: FNV Policy on Trade Union Rights in Asia (Desk Study) (Evaluation Report Submitted to FNV, May 2000). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (2000). Policy Evaluation of the VMP: FNV Policy on Trade Union Rights in Asia (Final report) (Evaluation Report Submitted to FNV, May 2000). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (2000). Policy Evaluation of the VMP: FNV Policy on Trade Union Rights in Asia (Field Study) (Evaluation Report Submitted to FNV, May 2000). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R., Fashoyin, T., Liwa, M.T. & Mlimuka, A. (1999). MWEMA II Women Workers in the Sugar Sector in Tanzania. Mid Term Review. The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (1998). The EMU and Women's Work. : .
  • Pearson, R. & Kurian, R. (1998). Gendered Critique of ILO World Employment Report. Stockholm: Sida.
  • Kurian, R. (1998). Consequences of the European Monetary Union for Women. : .
  • Hanmer, L., de, N., Kurian, R. & Mooij, J.E. (1997). Poverty and Human Development: What Does the Future Hold? (ISS Working Papers, General Series259 ). The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. & Truong, T. (1997). Gender and Enterprise Management. : .
  • Kurian, R. (1997). Trade Liberalization and Sustainable Employment: The Case of Women Workers in Thailand. Washington DC: International Centre for Research on Women.
  • Kurian, R. (1997). Consequences for the European Union for Women. : .
  • Hanmer, L., Jong, N. de, Kurian, R. & Mooij, J.E. (1996). Social Development: Past Trends and Future Scenarios (Consultancy Report for SIDA). The Hague: ISSAS.
  • Kurian, R. (1996). Women, Employment and Poverty Alleviation: The Impacts of Economic Reform in Developing Countries. The Hague: ISS.
  • Kurian, R. (1992). Trade Union Co-financing Programme 1985-89: Evaluation Report on Malaysia. : .
  • Kurian, R. (1991). Modern Management Practices and Labour Responses; Indian Industries in the 1990's. Moscow: Institut du mouvement ouvrier international.
  • Kurian, R. (1990). Agrarian Relations in South Asia, Research Report. Helsinki: WIDER, UN University.
  • Kurian, R. (1990). The Plantation Labour Regime Under Colonialism: The Case Study of South India. Amsterdam: Centre for Asian Studies.
  • Kurian, R. (1990). Productivity and Profitability in the Plantation Sector. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
  • Kurian, R. (1989). The Fine-tuning of Plantation Labour (1922 - 1939). Paris: Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud.
  • Kurian, R. (1989). Class and Ethnic Consciousness in the Plantations. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
  • Kurian, R. (1986). "Class, Caste and Labour Control on the Sri Lankan Plantations". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1986). "Migration Patterns , Management Methods and the Development of the Plantation Workforce 1920- 1939". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1982). "Government Policy, Plantations and Plantation Labour 1977-83". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1982). "The Position of Women Workers in Sri Lankan Plantations: an issues paper". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1982). "Plantation Production, Crisis and the Contemporary State: an analysis of the sugar industry in Trinidad and Barbados". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1981). "Integration into Capitalism: the anthropological roots of labour control on Sri Lankan plantations". : .
  • Kurian, R. (1980). The Position of Women Workers in the Plantation Sector Sector of Sri Lanka. : .
Doctoral thesis (1)
  • Kurian, R.. State, Capital and Labour in the Plantation Industry in Sri Lanka 1934- 1984. . Prom./coprom.: .
Other output (16)
  • Kurian, R. & Cooper, C.M. (2010). Neighbourhoods as Sanctuaries: Connecting Communities through Deliberative Politics, Civic Citizenship and an Ethics of Care. Paper presented at the 15th International Metropolis Conference, "Justice and Migration: Paradoxes of Belonging": The Hague (2010, oktober 04 - 2010, oktober 08).
  • Kurian, R. & Singh, D. (2010). Social Exclusion and Human Security in Rural India: Ambedkar Villages as Spaces of Contestation for Dalits. Paper presented at International Seminar on Understanding Social Exclusion: South Asian Context: New Delhi (2010, maart 03 - 2010, maart 04).
  • Kurian, R. (2007). Managing" the Rights and Citizenship of Migrant Workers: Controls and Contestation in Policy and Practice (Paper presented at the Conference, Transnational Migration, Multi-local Livelihoods and Human Security, ISS, 1-2 September 2007).
  • Kurian, R. (2007). Gendered Knowledge and Networks in deliberative processes and regimes: The absence of gender in the discourse on Flexicurity (Paper presented at the Garnet Conference on Gender Knowledge and Knowledge Networks in International Political Economy, 19-21 July 2007).
  • Kurian, R. (2007). Expanding human security or managing migration: Deliberations on International Rights in the context of economic globalization (Paper presented at the Conference International Migration, Multi-Local Livelihoods and Human Security, The Hague, August 2007).
  • Kurian, R. (2007). Vulnerabilities of International Women Migrants in the Health Sector: A Value Chain Approach ( Paper presented at the Conference "Crossing Borders", University of Iowa, 5-7 April 2007).
  • Kurian, R. (2006). The Politics of Flexibility in the Age of Globalisation (Paper presented at the international conference on 'Development in Open Economies: Industry and Labour' organised by the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India).
  • Kurian, R. (2006). Labour Vulnerabilities and the Rights of International Women Migrants in the Health Sector: A Value Chain Approach (Paper presented at the International Research Conference e Impact of Global Production Systems on Trade Union Strategies' 10-11 May 2006, ISS, The Hague).
  • Kurian, R. (2002). Women Workers in a Global Economy: Trends and Issues (Paper presented at the Conference on Women's Rights as Workers Rights organized by American Centre for International Labour Solidarity and The AFL-CIO, Bellagio, Italy, 13-16 May 2002).
  • Kurian, R. (1984). "The Sri Lankan State and the Ethnic Crisis".
  • Kurian, R. (1984). The Exploitation of Women on the Plantations: Tamil Women Workers on Tea Plantations.
  • Kurian, R. (1984). "Plantation Politics" in Race and Class.
  • Kurian, R. (1984). "Dharmistha - A Righteous Society.
  • Kurian, R. (1982). "The Formation of Independent Local Level Dairy Producers' Societies within a Union Structure".
  • Kurian, R. (1982). The Organisation of Small- Scale Dairy Producers in Sri Lanka.
  • Kurian, R. (1982). "Blueprint for a National Dairy Development Board".