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, i...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Yi, Pyŏng-hun 1958- (HerausgeberIn), Ng, Sek Hong (HerausgeberIn), Lansbury, Russell D. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Abingdon Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia Ser Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia
Schlagworte:	Labor unions / Pacific Area Labor movement / Pacific Area
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Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xxx, 320 pages) illustrations
ISBN:	9780429578199 0429578199 9780429200021 0429200021 0429576080 9780429573972 0429573979 9780429576089