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Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

Edited by Sangheon Lee, Conditions of Work and Employment Programme of the International Labour Office, UK and Francois Eyraud, ILO Turin Training Center, Italy

Chandos Asian Studies Series No. 20

 - a systematic review of employment conditions in the countries which are carefully selected in the region
 - national-level analysis based on a common research framework
 - a highly analytical and timely analysis of workers voice and labour regulation with respect to employment conditions
 - micro analysis to reveal more realistic picture about individual workers at the workplace

This book represents a unique study which reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and increasing pressure towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the diverging experiences of individual workers in their employment conditions such as employment status, wages/incomes, working time, work organizations and health and safety. Along with thematic studies concerning the roles of workers voice and labour regulation in determining employment conditions, this book includes nine country studies which have been undertaken based on a common research framework for a more rigorous comparison in the region.

Readership: Policy makers, academics, and students of labour economics, industrial relations and human resource managements at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

£72.50 / US$125.00 / €85.00

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About the editors

Dr Sangheon Lee is a Senior Research Officer at the Conditions of Work and Employment Programme of the International Labour Office. He has widely published on employment conditions including Working Time around the World (with D. McCann and J. Messenger, forthcoming, Routledge). Dr. Francis Eyraud is the Executive Director of ILO Turin Training Center. He has published on a wide range of labour issues including wage policies. His latest publications include The Fundamentals of Minimum Wages Fixing (with C. Saget, 2005, ILO) and Evolving World of Work in the Enlarged EU: Progress and vulnerability (eds with D. Vaughan-Whitehead, forthcoming, ILO).

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Contents

PART 1 LABOUR MARKET CHANGES, WORKERS’ VOICE AND LABOUR REGULATION
PART 2 FLEXIBILIZATION AND NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT
PART 3 ECONOMIC PRESSURES AND THE CHANGING QUALITY OF WORK
PART 4 TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

PART 1 LABOUR MARKET CHANGES, WORKERS’ VOICE AND LABOUR REGULATION

Globalization, institutional reforms and workers: changes and outcomes
S. Lee and F. Eyraud
 - Introduction
 - Recent developments in the labour market: economic and employment trends
 - Flexibilization and diversity of employment patterns
 - Wages and incomes: divisive growth
 - Diversifying hours of work: long hours and underemployment
 - Non-standard jobs, employment quality, workers’ choice
 - Globalization, deregulation and alternative policy options
 - Conclusions

Trade union rights and trade competitiveness: Asia in a global context
D. Kucera
 - The debate
 - Developments in trade union rights, wages and export market shares
 - Recent findings
 - What does it mean?

The regulation of working conditions in Asia and the Pacific: flexibility, fragmentation and workers’ rights
D. McCann
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and the regulation of working conditions
 - Flexibility and deregulation: a persistent debate
 - Deregulatory discourses and working conditions laws in Asia and the Pacific
 - Fragmentation and the indirect deregulation of working conditions
 - Legal responses to fragmentation
 - The impact of labour law in Asia and the Pacific
 - Conclusion: advancing working conditions in Asia and the Pacific – some questions and suggestions

PART 2 FLEXIBILIZATION AND NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT

Australia: institutional changes and workforce fragmentation
I. Campbell
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and labour market reforms in Australia
 - Changes in employment conditions for individual workers
 - New issues and social debates
 - Conclusions
 - Acknowledgements

Japan: the resilience of employment relationships and the changing conditions of work
K. Kubo
 - Introduction: has the style of employment relationships changed in Japan?
 - The effects of globalization and restructuring on labour
 - Long-term employment relationship
 - Increase in the number of non-regular workers
 - Seniority-based pay system
 - Social debate: widening economic inequality and remedies
 - Concluding remarks

The Republic of Korea: from flexibility to segmentation
B.-H. Lee and B.-S. Yoo
 - Introduction
 - Labour market reforms and social dialogue
 - Changes in employment conditions: segmentation in the labour market
 - Conclusion

PART 3 ECONOMIC PRESSURES AND THE CHANGING QUALITY OF WORK

Indonesia: the search for alternatives
D. Widarti
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and labour market reforms
 - Labour market trends
 - Changes in employment conditions in Indonesia
 - Social debates and new policy measures
 - Conclusions and prospects

The Philippines: changes at the workplace
J.V. Sibal, M.S.V. Amante and C. Tolentino
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and Philippine labour and economy
 - Changes in the workplace: survey results
 - Changes in management strategies and their impacts on workers: case studies
 - Policy developments and prospects
 - Appendix: the employer and the worker survey

Thailand: globalization and unprotected workers
S. Siengthai
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and labour market reforms
 - Changes in employment conditions: some empirical evidence
 - Social debates and the role of labour market institutions
 - Conclusion
 - Acknowledgements

PART 4 TRANSITION AND EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

China: economic transition, employment flexibility and security
L. Chen and B. Hou
 - Introduction
 - Employment policies and labour market reforms
 - Changes in employment conditions: survey results
 - Debates on labour market policies
 - Conclusions and prospects
 - Appendix

Vietnam: workers in transition
Q.V. Dao
 - Introduction
 - Globalization and changes in the labour market
 - Employment and labour policies
 - Changes in employment conditions
 - Conclusions and prospects