• Employment Relations and the State in Southeast Asia 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael
      Published 2016-01-01
      This article engages critically with the comparative employment relations literature, assessing its capacity to explain and analyse the relationship between state objectives – accumulation, pacification, legitimation – and ...
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    • From Cronyism to Oligarchy? Privatisation and Business Elites in Myanmar 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael; Htwe Htwe, Thein
      Published 2016-01-01
      Privatisation is contentious but in Myanmar it has not so much been its merits or drawbacks that have attracted attention as questions around implementation. In Myanmar, the implementation of privatisation has broad ...
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    • The Global Union Federations in International Industrial Relations: A Critical Review 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael
      Published 2015-01-01
      In recent decades, trade unions have been challenged to attempt to develop new forms of representation, action and institutional engagement in response to the increasingly transnational character of production and service ...
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    • In Search of a Living Wage in Southeast Asia 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael
      Published 2017-01-01
      Purpose – Debates over the definition, processes and outcomes of minimum and “living” wages are heated and often politically contentious in garment-producing countries. Internationally, there have been various initiatives ...
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    • The International Labour Organization as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia 

      Ford, Michele; Gillan, Michael; Thein, Htwe Htwe
      Published 2018-01-01
      Typically, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is discussed in narrow terms with specific reference to its role in setting labor standards and the success or otherwise of its attempts to convince governments and ...
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