{"product_id":"labour-and-development-in-east-kevin-gray-9780415681858","title":"Labour and Development in East Asia: Social Forces and Passive Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chinese Communist Party's response to the wave of factory strikes in the early summer of 2010 has raised important questions about the role that labour plays in the transformation of world orders. In contrast to previous policies of repression towards labour unrest, these recent disputes centring round wages and working conditions have been met with a more permissive response on the part of the state, as the CCP ostensibly seeks to facilitate a transition away from a model of political economy based on 'low-road' labour relations and export dependence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabour and Development in East Asia \u003c\/em\u003eshows that such inter-linkages between labour, geopolitical transformations, and states' developmental strategies have been much more central to East Asia's development than has commonly been recognised. By adopting an explanatory framework of the labour-geopolitics-development nexus, the book theorises and provides an historical analysis of the formation and transformation of the East Asian regional political economy from the end of the Second World War to the present, with particular reference to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be required reading for students and scholars of international relations, development studies and comparative politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415681855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415681858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Kevin Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136110145791,"sku":"9780415681858","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b32cfc3-79e2-46d6-98c1-1a69ebe3f075.jpg?v=1770160576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/labour-and-development-in-east-kevin-gray-9780415681858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}