Organising Labour in Globalising Asia

This book offers wide-ranging insights into the organising capacities of workers in Asia today. Nine case-studies examine workers' responses to class relations through independent unions non-government organisations (NGOs) and more (dis)organised struggles. Countering the notion that globalisation holds entirely negative consequences for labour organisation the authors reveal some of the openings for local activism which can arise from transnational production arrangements.The volume covers the second-tier industrializers - China Thailand Malaysia the Philippines Indonesia India and Bangladesh. Interdisciplinary in nature it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian studies development studies and international labour studies.