Trade, labour and transformation of community in Asia
By: edited by Michael Gillan and Bob Pokrant.
Contributors: Gillan, Michael, 1971-; Pokrant, Bob, 1942-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230222496
Subjects: Community development -- South Asia; South Asia -- Commerce; South Asia -- Social conditions
Other titles: Trade, labor and transformation of community in Asia
Description: "This book considers the transformative impact of global trade and production networks on local economies, work and labor 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface * PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; title: B.Pokrant & M.Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; title: J.McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; title: 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; title: B.Pokrant * From marginalized artisan to impoverished entrepreneur: Indian artisans confront globalization; title: T.Scrase * PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * Industrial restructuring, trade union strategy, and social transformation in Australia and Asia; title: M.Gillan & R.Lambert * Global Trade and the politics of uneven development: the case of the port sector in South and South-East Asia; title: D.Hill * Women workers organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; title: J.Biyanwila * PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising Knowledge Based Economic Development: India-Singapore Collaboration in the Information Technology Sector; title: F.Yahya * Visibility and difference in a transnational organization in Australia: The case of transient Indian Information Technology professionals (IT); title: S.Lakha * Envisioning Futures in Work and Career in Large Transnational Call Centres in India; title: J. Jarman Preface * PART I ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION * Introduction: The Social Impact Of Trade and Production Networks On Labour And Local Communities in Asia; title: B.Pokrant & M.Gillan * Globalisation and economic change in Bangladesh; title: J.McGuire * International trade and business investment in Myanmar: Scope, strategic development, and social implications; title: 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; title: B.Pokrant * From marginalized artisan to impoverished entrepreneur: Indian artisans confront globalization; title: T.Scrase * PART III LABOUR ORGANISATION IN TRANSFORMING ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES * Industrial restructuring, trade union strategy, and social transformation in Australia and Asia; title: M.Gillan & R.Lambert * Global Trade and the politics of uneven development: the case of the port sector in South and South-East Asia; title: D.Hill * Women workers organising in the Free Trade Zones: Collective action and community; title: J.Biyanwila * PART IV EMERGING TRADE AND LABOUR IN ASIA: THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR * Linking and Legitimising Knowledge Based Economic Development: India-Singapore Collaboration in the Information Technology Sector; title: F.Yahya * Visibility and difference in a transnational organization in Australia: The case of transient Indian Information Technology professionals (IT); title: S.Lakha * Envisioning Futures in Work and Career in Large Transnational Call Centres in India; title: J. Jarman.