The politics of economic reform in South Korea / A Fragile Miracle, Tat Yan Kong -- Market and society in Korea -- Interest, institution and the textile industry / Dennis McNamara -- Social and economic policies in Korea -- Ideas, networks and linkages / Dong-Myeon Shin -- North Korea in the...

After a quarter of a century of market reform, China has become the workshop of the world and the leading growth engine of the global economy. Its immense labour force accounts for some twenty-nine per cent of the world's total labour pool but all too little is known about Chinese labour beyond...

Contents: 1. Industrial relations in emerging economies / Susan Hayter -- 2. Economic growth and the role of labour market institutions in India / Uma Rani and Ratna Sen -- 3. Industrial relations and inclusive development in South Africa: a dream deferred? / Susan Hayter and Nicolas Pons-Vignon...

"By examining the evolution of industrial relations institutions in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, the authors in this book assess the contribution of these institutions to inclusive development. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies uses real-world...

Introduction / Rajah Rasiah and Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt -- Industrialization in the second-tier NIEs / Rajah Rasiah -- The 1997 economic crisis, reform and Southeast Asian growth / Chris Dixon -- Revisiting shared growth and examining horizontal inequality / Anis Chowdhury and Iyanatul Islam...