This study looks at the challenges of globalization and deregulation, and possible responses to them in a variety of ways.

Globalization and labour market deregulation have had an impact on employment and workers, and brought pressure to bear on trade unions. This study looks at the challenges of globalization and deregulation, and possible responses to them in a variety of ways. It covers economies with a range of diverse socio-political backgrounds, systems and structures. It casts light on patterns and differentiations, makes international comparisons, explores gains and losses and gives an overall picture.

Global labour?, issues and themes, Chris Rowley and John Benson
why ideology dominates regional trade unionism in the Asia Pacific, Keith Abbot
challenging APEC - the Asia Pacific labour network and APEC's human resource development working group, John Price
organized labour in the borderless world - globalization, deregulation and union strategy in Australia, Richard Hall and Bill Harley
last line of resistance
or a golden opportunity - Australian trade union responses to globalization, Tim Harcourt
globalization, non-standard employment and Australian trade unions, John Burgess
Japanese trade unions at the crossroads - dilemmas and opportunities created by globalization, John Benson and Philippe Debroux
globalization and labour rights - the case of Korea, Dong-One Kim, Johnseok Bae and Changwon Lee
globalization, labour market deregulation and trade unions in Singapore, Yuen Shi Chink and Lim Ghee Soon
globalization and Hong Kon's labour market - the deregulation paradox, Ng Sek Hong and Chris
Rowley
multinational companies and trade union development
in Malaysia, Mhinder Bhopal and Patricia Todd
labour unions, globalization and deregulation in Thailand, John Lawler and Chokechai Suttawet
globalization, labour and the state -
the case of Indonesia, Vedi R. Hadiz
globalization, China's free (read bonded) labour market and the Chinese trade unions, Anita Chan
the challenges and opportunities for the trade union movement in the transition era - two socialist market economies - China and Vietnam, Ying Zhu and Stephanie Fahey
globalization, labour and prospects, Chris Rowley and John Benson.