Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia /

Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia / edited by Michael Gillan, Bob Pokrant. - Basingstoke, UK : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xi, 291 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The social impact of trade and production networks on labour and local communities in Asia / Michael Gillan and Bob Pokrant -- Globalization and economic change in Bangladesh / John McGuire -- International trade and business investment in Myanmar : scope, strategic development, and social implications / Htwe Htwe Thein and David Pick -- Work, community, environment and the shrimp export industry in Bangladesh, India and Thailand / Bob Pokrant -- From marginalized worker to impoverished entrepreneur : the globalization of the trade in crafts and its impact on Indian artisans / Timothy J. Scrase -- Industrial restructuring, trade union strategy, and social transformation in Australia and Asia / Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert -- Governance, labour and uneven development : the political economy of the port sector in South and South-East Asia / Douglas Hill -- Women workers organizing in the free trade zones : collective action and community / Janaka Biyanwila -- Linking and legitimizing knowledge-based economic development : India-Singapore collaboration in the information technology sector / Faizal bin Yahya -- Difference in a transnational organization in Australia : the case of transient Indian information technology (IT) professionals / Salim Lakha -- Envisioning futures in work and career in large transnational call centres in India / Jennifer Jarman.

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Economic development--Asia.
Communities--Asia.
Labor--Asia.


Asia--Commerce.
Asia--Economic conditions--21st century.
Asia--Social conditions--21st century.

HF3770.3Z5 / T735 2009

338.954