Women and Labour Organizing in Asia - Diversity, Autonomy and Activism (Paperback)

This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns throughout the region. Although focusing primarily on women, the contributions to this book address issues that affect all workers. Chapters on China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh examine the part that female labour activism has played inside, and outside, formal union movements. Whilst documenting the peculiar factors characterising individual national contexts, the book emphasises the similarities in women's experiences of union and labour activism and the barriers women labour activists have faced. It considers the relationships between women union members and activists and male officials and union members, links with other social movements -- particularly the broader women's movement -- and the details of specific labour campaigns and struggles.In doing so, it provides a full account of the role of women in union activism in Asia, covering all the major economies of the region, and successfully challenging the prevailing conception of Asian women workers as passive and uninterested in industrial issues.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASAA Women in Asia Series
Release date:	April 2009
First published:	2008
Editors:	Kaye Broadbent • Michele Ford
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-54542-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-54542-0
Barcode:	9780415545426

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