Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia

Contents......Page 6
List of Tables, Figures and Maps......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 10
Part I: Economic Integration and Social Transformation......Page 14
1 The Social Impact of Trade and Production Networks on Labour and Local Communities in Asia......Page 16
2 Globalization and Economic Change in Bangladesh......Page 37
3 International Trade and Business Investment in Myanmar: Scope, Strategic Development, and Social Implications......Page 49
Part II: Global Trade and Commodity Production......Page 82
4 Work, Community, Environment and the Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh, India and Thailand......Page 84
5 From Marginalized Worker to Impoverished Entrepreneur: The Globalization of the Trade in Crafts and Its Impact on Indian Artisans......Page 115
Part III: Labour Organization in Transforming Economies and Societies......Page 140
6 Industrial Restructuring, Trade Union Strategy, and Social Transformation in Australia and Asia......Page 142
7 Governance, Labour and Uneven Development: The Political Economy of the Port Sector in South and South-East Asia......Page 170
8 Women Workers Organizing in the Free Trade Zones: Collective Action and Community......Page 195
Part IV: Emerging Trade and Labour in Asia: The Information Technology Sector......Page 222
9 Linking and Legitimizing Knowledge-based Economic Development: India-Singapore Collaboration in the Information Technology Sector......Page 224
10 Difference in a Transnational Organization in Australia: The Case of Transient Indian Information Technology (IT) Professionals......Page 247
11 Envisioning Futures in Work and Career in Large Transnational Call Centres in India......Page 270
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