Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia [Hardcover]

This book considers the transformative impact of global trade and production networks on local economies, work and labour organization, and various forms and meanings of 'community'.?It examines the?socio-economic transformation in Asia and the restructuring of manufacturing industries, ports and the information technology sector.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 Globalization 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 Organizing 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 Legitimizing 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.JarmanMICHAEL GILLAN is Lecturer in employment relations at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include trade union lcR