TY - BOOK ID - 5277808 TI - Organising labour in globalising Asia AU - Hutchison, Jane AU - Brown, Andrew PY - 2001 SN - 0415250595 0415250609 0203279034 0203164806 1134531907 1280068108 1134531893 PB - London ; New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Labor movement KW - Globalization KW - Mouvement ouvrier KW - Mondialisation KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Employment KW - S10/0330 KW - Labor and laboring classes KW - Social movements KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - International economic relations KW - Labour economics KW - Asia KW - Globalization. KW - Labor movement. KW - Labor unions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5277808 AB - 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 ER -