Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART 1 Introduction; 1 Refining varieties of unions and labour movements: perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region; 2...

1. Introduction : dis-organizing labour in the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific / Vicki Crinis and Adrian Vickers -- 2. The fragmentation of the clothing and textile trade union movement in Malaysia / Vicki Crinis -- 3. Scrutinizing the effectiveness of trade unions in post-socialist...

"The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. More than a quarter of these workers are employed in the Asia-Pacific region, where the industry is based on subcontracted production on behalf of international buyers. Rapid movements of manufacturing activity from...

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries