Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific
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Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific

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Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific

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Globalization and labour market deregulation have had an impact on employment and workers, and brought pressure to bear on trade unions. This study looks at the challenges of globalization and deregulation in the Asia Pacific, and possible responses to them in a variety of ways.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9780714650357
eBook ISBN
9781135304850
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Economics

Index

Anti-unionism 59, 60, 200, 202, 207, 225
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 9, 15, 28, 31, 34–52, 75, 83–4, 306
Asia Pacific Labour Network (APLN) 28, 31, 37, 39–40, 50–51
Asia Pacific Regional Organization (APRO) 26, 28–30, 37, 306
Asian financial crisis 44, 74, 88, 115, 133, 141, 147, 168, 232, 244, 246, 253, 297, 300, 303
Asian management 195
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 15, 28, 244
Australia 7–10, 28, 30, 35–7, 46, 54–71, 74–90, 93–110, 139, 194, 200, 304–5
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) 57, 63–4, 71–2, 78, 82–7, 94, 98, 101, 105
Bonded labour 12, 260–77
Business globalization 177
Capital mobility 7–8, 12, 76, 80, 133
China, People's Republic 6, 9, 11–12, 25, 35, 41, 174, 176–8, 181–2, 187–8, 190, 222, 231–2, 242, 260–77, 282–98, 303
Collective bargaining 10, 12, 196, 198, 219–20, 273, 275, 283, 288, 298
Decentralization 54, 58, 70, 108, 127, 277
Dependency theory 6
Deregulation 2–3, 7, 10–11, 54–60, 68, 70–71, 84, 110, 126–7, 154, 159, 174–7, 179, 183, 189–90, 214, 221, 237, 302, 304
Development strategies 28
Economic rationalism 124
Economic restructuring 115, 128
Employment systems 10, 216–17
Enterprise restructuring 161
Enterprise unions 114, 118, 124, 126–7, 129, 143, 146, 195, 221, 224...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Global Labour? Issues and Themes
  8. Why Ideology Dominates Regional Trade Unionism in the Asia Pacific
  9. Challenging APEC: The Asia Pacific Labour Network and APEC's Human Resource Development Working Group
  10. Organized Labour in the Borderless World: Globalization, Deregulation and Union Strategy in Australia
  11. Last Line of Resistance or a Golden Opportunity: Australian Trade Union Responses to Globalization
  12. Globalization, Non-Standard Employment and Australian Trade Unions
  13. Japanese Trade Unions at the Crossroads: Dilemmas and Opportunities Created by Globalization
  14. Globalization and Labour Rights: The Case of Korea
  15. Globalization, Labour Market Deregulation and Trade Unions in Singapore
  16. Globalization and Hong Kong's Labour Market: The Deregulation Paradox
  17. Multinational Corporations and Trade Union Development in Malaysia
  18. Labour Unions, Globalization and Deregulation in Thailand
  19. Globalization, Labour and the State: The Case of Indonesia
  20. Globalization, China's Free (Read Bonded) Labour Market, and the Chinese Trade Unions
  21. The Challenges and Opportunities for the Trade Union Movement in the Transition Era: Two Socialist Market Economies – China and Vietnam
  22. Globalization, Labour and Prospects
  23. Notes on Contributors
  24. Index

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