The Multi-Dimensions of Industrial Relations in the Asian Knowledge-Based Economies

Sununta Siengthai (Edited by), John Lawler (Edited by), Chris Rowley (Edited by), Hiromasa Suzuki (Edited by)

9780081014486, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 19 August 2016

288 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.38 kg

This collection of work by leading scholars investigates the impact of the globalization process on some selected Asian economies and societies. With particular focus on the role of institutional factors such as labour unions or workers’ associations, case studies are presented on labour-management relations at the workplace that have evolved to cope with globalization. The cases describe labour institutions in the society as a social force that acts as a catalyst for societal democracy and for industrial democracy at the workplace. These cases provide descriptions of the changes in the management’s stance and approaches towards labour unions in the selected countries as well as at the organizational level over the last three decades when much of the industrialization process has occurred in Asia.

Part 1 Introduction: History and development of contemporary China–ASEAN relations
Asian approaches and contributions to international law. Part 2 Compliance with and implementation of international law: Legal framework for the development of China–ASEAN relations
Law and economic integration
Law and cooperation for the Greater Mekong River sub-region
Law for the protection of the environment
Law tackling non-traditional security issues
Law governing the South China Sea issue. Part 3 Bilateral relations between China and individual ASEAN countries: China’s possible role in Myanmar’s national reconciliation.

Subject Areas: Management of specific areas [KJMV], International economics [KCL], Economics [KC]