Faculty of Economics, Business & Law Celebration of Publications
Women Workers in Industrialising Asia: Costed, Not Valued
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Professor Ingrid Moses, UNE Vice-Chancellor (left) and Professor Amarjit Kaur at the launch of Prof. Kaur's book. |
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This book contributes to key theoretical debates about women workers in Asia and breaks new ground by focusing on issues that have been little documented in other studies of 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 book focuses on women's increased participation in the paid workforce in the context of rapid social and economic development that is taking place in Asia. It approaches women's work from an institutional and structural as well as an economic perspective by concentrating on a wide range of countries at different stages of development and size. The book also provides cross-national data and information on labour rights and trade union organisation among women in Asia. The book was a direct output from a UNEAC sponsored research project funded by a Wellcome Trust grant to Professor Amarjit Kaur and includes papers presented at a 2002 UNEAC International Workshop held at UNE. Kaur, A. (ed). 2004. Women Workers in Industrialising Asia: Costed, Not Valued. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. ISBN 0-333-96293-1 |
Van Vliet's Siam
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Dr Alfons van der Kraan, speaks about his new book at the EBL Celebration of publications. The book was a development based on a UNEAC Asia papers article by Dr van der Kraan. |
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Baker, C., Na Pomberjra, D., van der Kraan, A. and Wyatt, D. 2005. Van Vliet's Siam. Silkworm Books, Thailand. |