Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia - Hardcover

 
9780230222496: Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0230222498 ISBN 13: 9780230222496
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

This book considers the transformative impact of global trade and production networks on local economies, work and labour organization, and various forms and meanings of 'community'. It examines the socio-economic transformation in Asia and the restructuring of manufacturing industries, ports and the information technology sector.

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About the Author

MICHAEL GILLAN is Lecturer in employment relations at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include trade union responses to globalisation and industry restructuring, regulation of collective bargaining processes, and the political economy of liberalization and labour in India. He has published in a wide range of national and international journals including Economic Geography, South Asia and the Journal of Industrial Relations.

BOB POKRANT is Professor of Anthropology at Curtin University of Technology, Australia. His main research interests are climate change and development, aquaculture and fisheries in South Asia, and the global food system . He has published in international and national journals including South Asia, Aquaculture International, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230222498
ISBN 13 
9780230222496
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
302
Editor
Gillan M., Pokrant B.