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The Multi-dimensions of Industrial Relations in the Asian Knowledge-Based Economies

Edited by Sununta Siengthai, Asian Institute of Technology (A.I.T.), Thailand, John J Lawler, University of Illinois, USA, Chris Rowley, City University, UK and Hiromasa Suzuki, Waseda University, Japan

 - a case study approach which enhances analytical and problem-solving skills of students
 - a focus on the impact of globalization process in the East and Southeast Asia which is becoming more significant in the new economy
 - prepared by local Asian research scholars
 - focuses on the manufacturing and service sectors, such as auto-related industries, electronics, banking, telecommunications and IT-related, etc

This collection of work by leading scholars investigates the impact of the globalization process on some selected Asian economies and societies. With particular focus on the role of institutional factors such as labour unions or workers’ associations, case studies are presented on labour-management relations at the workplace that have evolved to cope with globalization. The cases describe labour institutions in the society as a social force that acts as a catalyst for societal democracy and for industrial democracy at the workplace. These cases provide descriptions of the changes in the management’s stance and approaches towards labour unions in the selected countries as well as at the organizational level over the last three decades when much of the industrialization process has occurred in Asia.

ISBN 1 84334 264 2
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 264 9
June 2010
288 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£65.00 / US$110.00 / €80.00

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About the editors

Dr Sununta Siengthai has been a full-time associate professor of the School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (A.I.T.) since 1999.

Dr John J. Lawler is currently a Full Professor of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.

Dr Chris Rowley, BA, MA (Warwick), DPhil (Oxford) is Professor of Human Resource Management, Cass Business School, City University.

Dr Hiromasa Suzuki is Professor of Labor Economics at the Waseda University, Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo (Japan).

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Female Entrepreneurship in East and South-East Asia
Asian Business Groups
Trends in Mobile Technology and Business in the Asia-Pacific Region
The Economic Relations Between Asia and Europe
The Nature of Asian Firms

Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION
PART 3 BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIVIDUAL ASEAN COUNTRIES

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

History and development of contemporary China–ASEAN relations
 - History of interchange
 - Establishment and evolution of ASEAN
 - Modern relations between China and ASEAN
 - Future prospects

Asian approaches and contributions to international law
 - Introduction
 - Existing contributions of Asian countries to international law
 - Asian perspectives of international law
 - Resort to international judiciary
 - Future prospects

PART 2 COMPLIANCE WITH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Legal framework for the development of China–ASEAN relations
 - Legal principles guiding the development of China–ASEAN relations
 - Legal status of ASEAN
 - Legal nature of the China–ASEAN relationship
 - Conclusion

Law and economic integration
 - Legal framework
 - Trade
 - Investment
 - Agriculture
 - Pan-Beibu Gulf economic cooperation
 - Conclusion

Law and cooperation for the Greater Mekong River sub-region
 - Legal status of international rivers
 - Rights and obligations of riparian states
 - Sustainable economic cooperation
 - Ecological concerns
 - Conclusion

Law for the protection of the environment
 - Introduction
 - ASEAN treaties
 - Global environmental responsibility
 - Regional environmental issues
 - Environmental dispute settlement
 - Conclusion

Law tackling non-traditional security issues
 - Introduction
 - Legal arrangements in China–ASEAN relations
 - Issues tackled
 - Conclusion

Law governing the South China Sea issue
 - Geography of the South China Sea
 - Territorial disputes over islands and maritime claims
 - Governing laws
 - Joint development
 - Conclusion

PART 3 BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIVIDUAL ASEAN COUNTRIES

China’s possible role in Myanmar’s national reconciliation
 - Historical link
 - China’s basic foreign policy
 - Developments in Sino-Myanmar relations
 - The ASEAN mechanism
 - China’s possible role
 - Prospects

Appendixes
 - Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
 - Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between ASEAN and China
 - Joint Declaration of ASEAN and China on Cooperation in the Field of Non-Traditional Security Issues
 - Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the Member Countries of ASEAN and the Government of China on Cooperation in the Field of Non-Traditional Security Issues
 - Declaration on the Conduct of the Parties in the South China Sea