Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Tables and Figures v
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Introduction
7. 1.Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Contexts of Trade Unionism 1
8. Part I. Developing Countries
9. 2.Chinese Trade Unions: Structure and Function in a Decade of Economic Reform, 1979—89 59
10. 3. Union Unevenness and Insecurity in Thailand 82
11. 4. State Regulation and Union Fragmentation in Malaysia 107
12. Part II. Newly Industrialized Countries
13. 5. The Korean Union Movement in Transition 133
14. 6. The Resurgence and Fragility of Trade Unions in Taiwan 162
15. 7. Dependent Capitalism, a Colonial State, and Marginal Unions The Case of Hong Kong 187
16. 8. Corporatist Trade Unionism in Singapore 223
17. Part III. Advanced Peripheral Countries
18. 9. Australian Trade Unionism and the New Social Structure of Accumulation 249
19. 10. Unions in Crisis: Deregulation and Reform of the New Zealand Union Movement 282
20. Part IV. Overview
21. 11. Variations in Patterns of Trade Unionism: A Synthesis 309
22. Notes 347
23. References 371
24. Contributors 397
25. Index 401