Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Labor Systems, Economic Development, and Market Reform -- 1. Labor Systems: Social Processes and Regulatory Orders -- 2. Explaining Regulatory Change -- 3. Reforming Labor Systems: Neoliberalism, Reregulation, and Social...

As China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia become world economic powers, questions arise regarding the fate of workers in these countries. This book examines the difficult road traveled by human rights movements in these nations when trying to create independent labor organizations free from...