Organized Labor In The Asia-pacific Region: A Comparative Study Of Trade Unionism In Nine Countries (cornell International Industrial And Labor Rela)

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. Theoretical Frameworks And Empirical Contexts Of Trade Unionism / Stephen Frenkel -- Chinese Trade Unions : Structure And Function In A Decade Of Economic Reform, 1979-89 / Malcolm Warner -- Union Unevenness And Insecurity In Thailand / Andrew Brown And Stephen Frenkel -- State Regulation And Union Fragmentation In Malaysia / Ponniah Arudsothy And Craig R. Littler -- The Korean Union Movement In Transition / Hwang-joe Kim -- The Resurgence And Fragility Of Trade Unions In Taiwan / Stephen Frenkel, Jon-chao Hong, And Bih-ling Lee -- Dependent Capitalism, A Colonial State, And Marginal Unions : The Case Of Hong Kong / David A. Levin And Stephen Chiu -- Corporatist Trade Unionism In Singapore / Chris Leggett -- Australian Trade Unionism And The New Social Structure Of Accumulation / Stephen Frenkel -- Unions In Crisis : Deregulation And Reform Of The New Zealand Union Movement / Nigel Haworth. Variations In Patterns Of Trade Unionism : A Synthesis / Stephen Frenkel. Stephen Frenkel, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 371-396) And Index.