Author: ILO Regional Office for Asia & the PacificPublisher: International Labour Organisation
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Homeworkers of Southeast Asia
Author: ILO Regional Office for Asia & the PacificPublisher: International Labour Organisation
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Homeworkers of Southeast Asia
Author: Lucita LazoPublisher: International Labour Organisation
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Action Programmes for the Protection of Homeworkers
Author: Ursula HuwsPublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221091899
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Homeworkers are a particularly vulnerable category of workers due to their ambiguous legal status, their isolation and their low bargaining power. Action-oriented programmes aiming to break their isolation, also make them aware of their rights, and help them to organize and to improve their bargaining position.
In Work, At Home
Author: Alan FelsteadPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134714599
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
More and more people are choosing to earn a living at home. In Work, At Home explores the meaning and experience of this type of employment by covering a wide range of issues including: * social relationships * current research methodologies * statistical analyses of global labour markets * the emotional and psychological processes of self-management * home relations. Presenting statistical analyses of labour markets in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, In Work, At Home provides a valuable introduction to the issues and debates surrounding homeworking and will appeal to students across a range of disciplines, including sociology, business studies and women's studies.
Labour in Southeast Asia
Author: Becky ElmhirstPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135791368
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
In seeking to provoke debate, the book reveals the variety of experiences evident in countries and regions marked by capitalist and (post) socialist regulatory frameworks, and contrasting labour regimes, histories and cultures. The contributions show the importance of critically examining both the complex nature of global-local links and the particular ways economic processes are around the themes of labour regimes, labour processes, labour mobility and labour communities, the essays show how economic development is not only shaped by market forces but is also interlocked in systems of meaning.
Homeworkers in Global Perspective
Author: Eileen BorisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317722051
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Homeworkers in Global Perspective documents the lives of homeworkers, exploring state policies towards them, and describing the innovative ways in which homeworkers organize. Moving away from well-known, already explored cases, the essays focus on less-known but equally compelling examples organize, and covers the major geographic regions of the world and illustrates the diversity of home-based work and homeworker organizing.
Development in Southeast Asia
Author: Kwan Kwok LeungPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135172956X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This title was first published in 2002.The region of Southeast Asia has been one of the focal points for study in academic circles. Most of the studies concentrate on the economic development but social development received relatively lesser attention. The region has undergone a period of rapid transition and development in various aspects, such as education, social security, poverty reduction, labour protection, health, social structure and politics. The financial crisis in 1997 has posed a serious threat to most of the countries and territories in the region, and unavoidably affected the social development achieved in the past decades. This text is dedicated to examining the development and achievement of various social aspects in the region. It discusses the challenges and potential of this region in the twenty-first century. It is of considerable reference value and benefits those who want to have an overview and critical understanding of the issues of social development in Southeast Asia.
Women Workers
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221092018
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Produced from the LABORDOC database, lists 953 English-language publications, technical reports, working papers and other documents, produced at ILO headquarters or in ILO field offices, or prepared in connection with ILO programmes.
Asian Informal Workers
Author: Santosh K. MehrotraPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134177356
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This is a thoroughly researched volume, edited by key specialists in the field, along with an impressive team of contributors, that surveys the nature and extent of informal home work in Asia; examining and arguing for protection of the workers who are exploited.
Women Workers in Industrialising Asia
Author: A. KaurPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230596703
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This collection contributes to key theoretical debates about women workers in Asia and breaks new ground by focussing on issues that have been little documented in other studies in the area. It provides new information and insights into labour systems associated with labour intensive export manufactures and state-labour relations in a comparative context. The contributors present a range of unique and varied perspectives from which they consider aspects of the increasing integration of Asian economies, exploring implications for their labour markets.