Trade unions and labour movements in the Asia-Pacific region
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Trade unions and labour movements in the Asia-Pacific region
(Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia, 143)
Routledge, 2020
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  Iwate
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Recent developments in the world economy, including deindustrialisation and the digital revolution, have led to an increasingly individualistic relationship between workers and employers, which in turn has weakened labour movements and worker representation. However, this process is not universal, including in some countries of Asia, where trade unions are closely aligned with the interests of the dominant political party and the state. This book considers the many challenges facing trade unions and worker representation in a wide range of Asian countries. For each country, full background is given on how trade unions and other forms of worker representation have arisen. Key questions then considered include the challenges facing trade unions and worker representation in each country, the extent to which these are a result of global or local developments and the actions being taken by trade unions and worker representative bodies to cope with the challenges.
This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Keith Thurley, London School of Economics.
Table of Contents
PART 1. INTRODUCTION
Refining Varieties of Unions and Labour Movements in the Asia-Pacific Region
Perspectives on Asian Unionism as a Regional Pattern
PART 2. COUNTRY CHAPTERS
Australian Unions: Crisis, Strategy, Survival
Unions and Alternative Forms of Worker Representation in China in an Era of Privatisation and Globalisation
Compatibles or Incompatibles: Hong Kong Unions as One Brand of 'Asian Unionism'
Trade Unions and Globalising India: Towards a More Inclusive Workers' Movement?
Bucking the Trend: Union Renewal in Democratic Indonesia
Changes in the Labour Market and Employment Relationships in Japan
Malaysian Trade Unions in the Twenty-first Century: Failed Revitalisation in a Market Economy.
Worker Representation in a Segmented and Globalized Philippine Economy
From Worker Representation to Worker Empowerment: The Case of Singapore
Labour Unions and Worker Representation in South Korea
Still Trapped between the State and Management: Unions and Worker Representation in Taiwan
Unions and Labour Representation in Thailand: Weakness Continued
The Reform of Vietnam Trade Union and the Government's Role Since Doi moi
PART 3. CONCLUSION
Reflections on Union Movements and Worker Representation in the Asia-Pacific Region
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