This book focuses on new developments in employment in Asia in the context of globalization and the labour standards debate. Issues covered include the role of NGOs; employment regulation; social protection and political reform.

This book focuses on new developments in employment in Asia. The context for this discussion is provided by the processes of globalisation, and the associated debate on labour standards. Individual chapters focus on issues such as the role of NGOs as surrogate unions, employment regulation in export processing zones, social protection, and the impact of political reform on the employment relationship.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Asia Pacific Business Review.