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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia / B. Pokrant & M. Gillan -- Globalization and Economic Change in Bangladesh / J. McGuire -- International Trade and Business Investment in Myanmar: Scope, Strategic Development, and Social Implications / V. Thein & D. Pick -- The Global Trade in Shrimp and its Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts in Bangladesh, India and Thailand / B. Pokrant -- From Marginalized Artisan to Impoverished Entrepreneur: Indian Artisans Confront Globalization / T. Scrase -- Industrial Restructuring, Trade Union Strategy, and Social Transformation in Australia and Asia / M. Gillan & R. Lambert -- Global Trade and the Politics of Uneven Development: The Case of the Port Sector in South and South-East Asia / D. Hill -- Women Workers Organizing in the Free Trade Zones: Collective Action and Community / J. Biyanwila -- Linking and Legitimizing Knowledge Based Economic Development: India-Singapore Collaboration in the Information Technology Sector / F. Yahya -- Visibility and Difference in a Transnational Organization in Australia: The Case of Transient Indian Information Technology Professionals (IT) / S. Lakha -- Envisioning Futures in Work and Career in Large Transnational Call Centres in India / J. Jarman |
| Summary |
This book considers the transformative impact of global trade and production networks on local economies, work and labour organisation, and notions of 'community'. The idea of 'community' and the transformation of its various forms and meanings under globalisation is the subject of considerable debate in the disciplines of anthropology and sociology. Parallel to this interest, there is a growing body of research from economic geographers, political economists, and labour studies scholars on how global trade and corporate production networks are re-shaping economies, regulatory structures, labour organisation, and the lives of workers. This volume utilises comparative analysis and case studies to engage with these themes, by examining socio-economic transformation in Asia and the restructuring of manufacturing industries, ports, the information technology sector, and small to medium scale commodity production networks. This book is essential reading for all interested in development studies, political economy, Asian studies, industrial relations and labour studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Economic development -- Asia
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Communities -- Asia
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Labor -- Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Commerce
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Communities
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Labor
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Commerce
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Asia -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Asia -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gillen, M. (Michael)
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Pokrant, Bob, 1942-
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| ISBN |
9780230274105 |
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0230274102 |
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1282743260 |
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9781282743267 |
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