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Trade, Labour and Transformation of Community in Asia

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Michael Gillan

    1. UWA Business School, University of Western, Australia

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  2. Bob Pokrant

    1. Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Economic Integration and Social Transformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Social Impact of Trade and Production Networks on Labour and Local Communities in Asia

      • Michael Gillan, Bob Pokrant
      Pages 3-23

    3. Globalization and Economic Change in Bangladesh

      • John McGuire
      Pages 24-35

    4. International Trade and Business Investment in Myanmar: Scope, Strategic Development, and Social Implications

      • Htwe Htwe Thein, David Pick
      Pages 36-68

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 281-291
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This book considers the transformative impact of global trade and production networks on local economies, work and labour 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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UWA Business School, University of Western, Australia

    Michael Gillan

  • Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

    Bob Pokrant

About the editors

MICHAEL GILLAN is Lecturer in employment relations at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include trade union responses to globalisation and industry restructuring, regulation of collective bargaining processes, and the political economy of liberalization and labour in India. He has published in a wide range of national and international journals including Economic Geography, South Asia and the Journal of Industrial Relations.

BOB POKRANT is Professor of Anthropology at Curtin University of Technology, Australia. His main research interests are climate change and development, aquaculture and fisheries in South Asia, and the global food system . He has published in international and national journals including South Asia, Aquaculture International, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

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