Regionalization and Labour Market Interdependence in East and Southeast Asia

by Duncan Campbell (Editor), Asma Lateef (Editor), Aurelio Parisotto (Editor), Anil Verma (Editor)

Overview

How can we account for the dynamic growth of East and Southeast Asian countries? Much of the debate has turned on the question of the 'state' versus the 'market' as exclusive (and often competing) explanations of the successful performance of individual countries. This book explores the distinctively interdependent nature of the East and Southeast Asian experience. As firms create a regional organization of production, the growing interdependence of national labour markets is one major outcome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349259335
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Series:	International Labour Organization (ILO) Century Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 1997
Pages:	295
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - List of Acronyms - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Parisotto & D.Campbell - Is an Integrated Regional Labour Market Emerging in East and Southeast Asia?; D.E.Bloom & W.Noor - The Reorganization of Production on a World Scale: States, Markets, and Networks in the Apparel and Electronics Commodity Chains; G.Gereffi - Changing International Division of Labour in the Electronics Industry; J.Henderson - Regional Integration of East and Southeast Asian Economies: The Role of Japan; S.Watanabe - Hong Kong and Coastal China Growth Linkages; R.Skeldon - Growth Triangles in International Perspective; M.Tang & M.Thant - Thailand in the Regional Division of Labour; V.Charoenloet - An Employer Response; N.Simakrai - A Worker Response; S.Zuesongdham - The Philippines in the Regional Division of Labour; A.C.Orbeta Jr & M.T.C.Sanchez - An Employer Response; F.R.Floro - A Worker Response; A.J.Dinglasan - Conclusion; A.Verma - Index

Editorial Reviews

Explains that specialization by the several countries in the region has encouraged firms to development transnational production networks, and explores how the resulting flow of capital and jobs impacts the increasingly integrated labor market into which national labor markets once insulated have been dissolved. A major concern is the dwindling power of national governments to set and enforce labor policy. The topics include the changing international division of labor in the electronics industry, growth linkages between Hong Kong and coastal China, and labor policies of Thailand and the Philippines with responses from employers and workers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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