Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia/
Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia/
edited by Michael Gillan and Bob Pokrant.
- 1st ed.
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- 291 p.
Machine generated contents note: Preface *
PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; B. Pokrant & M. Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; J. McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; V. Thein & D. Pick *
PART II GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY PRODUCTION * 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 *
PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * 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 organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; J. Biyanwila *
PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising 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 Preface *
PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; B. Pokrant & M. Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; J. McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; V. Thein & D. Pick *
PART II GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY PRODUCTION * 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 *
PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * 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 organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; J. Biyanwila *
PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising 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.
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Machine generated contents note: Preface *
PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; B. Pokrant & M. Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; J. McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; V. Thein & D. Pick *
PART II GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY PRODUCTION * 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 *
PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * 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 organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; J. Biyanwila *
PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising 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 Preface *
PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; B. Pokrant & M. Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; J. McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; V. Thein & D. Pick *
PART II GLOBAL TRADE AND COMMODITY PRODUCTION * 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 *
PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * 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 organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; J. Biyanwila *
PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising 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.
9780230222496
331.095 / GIL/T