TY - BOOK AU - Arudsothy,Ponniah AU - Brown,Andrew AU - Chiu,Stephen AU - Frenkel,Stephen AU - Frenkel,Stephen J. AU - Haworth,Nigel AU - Hong,Jon-Chao AU - Kim,Hwang-Joe AU - Lee,Bih-Ling AU - Leggett,Chris AU - Levin,David A. AU - Littler,Craig R. AU - Warner,Malcolm TI - Organized Labor in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Study of Trade Unionism in Nine Countries T2 - Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports SN - 9781501734694 PY - 2019///] CY - Ithaca, NY : PB - Cornell University Press, KW - Labor History KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations KW - bisacsh N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501734694 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501734694 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501734694/original ER -