Organized Labor in the Asia-Pacific Region : A Comparative Study of Trade Unionism in Nine Countries /
Organized Labor in the Asia-Pacific Region : A Comparative Study of Trade Unionism in Nine Countries /
ed. by Stephen J. Frenkel.
- 1 online resource (432 p.)
- Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1.Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Contexts of Trade Unionism -- Part I. Developing Countries -- 2.Chinese Trade Unions: Structure and Function in a Decade of Economic Reform, 1979—89 -- 3. Union Unevenness and Insecurity in Thailand -- 4. State Regulation and Union Fragmentation in Malaysia -- Part II. Newly Industrialized Countries -- 5. The Korean Union Movement in Transition -- 6. The Resurgence and Fragility of Trade Unions in Taiwan -- 7. Dependent Capitalism, a Colonial State, and Marginal Unions The Case of Hong Kong -- 8. Corporatist Trade Unionism in Singapore -- Part III. Advanced Peripheral Countries -- 9. Australian Trade Unionism and the New Social Structure of Accumulation -- 10. Unions in Crisis: Deregulation and Reform of the New Zealand Union Movement -- Part IV. Overview -- 11. Variations in Patterns of Trade Unionism: A Synthesis -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index
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Contributors examine the problems and challenges of organized labor against the backdrop of changing economic and political currents in the Asia–Pacific region as a whole, and within the developing countries of China, Malaysia, and Thailand; the newly industrializing societies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore; and the advanced peripheral countries of Australia and New Zealand.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501734694
10.7591/9781501734694 doi
Labor History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1.Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Contexts of Trade Unionism -- Part I. Developing Countries -- 2.Chinese Trade Unions: Structure and Function in a Decade of Economic Reform, 1979—89 -- 3. Union Unevenness and Insecurity in Thailand -- 4. State Regulation and Union Fragmentation in Malaysia -- Part II. Newly Industrialized Countries -- 5. The Korean Union Movement in Transition -- 6. The Resurgence and Fragility of Trade Unions in Taiwan -- 7. Dependent Capitalism, a Colonial State, and Marginal Unions The Case of Hong Kong -- 8. Corporatist Trade Unionism in Singapore -- Part III. Advanced Peripheral Countries -- 9. Australian Trade Unionism and the New Social Structure of Accumulation -- 10. Unions in Crisis: Deregulation and Reform of the New Zealand Union Movement -- Part IV. Overview -- 11. Variations in Patterns of Trade Unionism: A Synthesis -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Contributors examine the problems and challenges of organized labor against the backdrop of changing economic and political currents in the Asia–Pacific region as a whole, and within the developing countries of China, Malaysia, and Thailand; the newly industrializing societies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore; and the advanced peripheral countries of Australia and New Zealand.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501734694
10.7591/9781501734694 doi
Labor History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.