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Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 155.00Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Over this period the inflow of foreign capital into the region, the level of trade amongst these countries, and trade with other parts of the world has increased substantially. The ensuing economic... more...
Two Billion Eyes
New Press, The 2012; US$ 27.95As China navigates the murky waters of a ?third way? with liberal economic policies under a strict political regime, the surprising battleground for China?s future emerges in the country?s highest rated television network?China Central Television, or CCTV. With 16 internationally broadcast channels and over 1.2 billion viewers, CCTV is a powerhouse... more...
Television in Post-Reform China
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China?s economic and political modernization during... more...
Unemployment in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 44.95The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region?s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis plunged the region into economic turmoil. This... more...
Trade Unions in Asia
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95Offering a comprehensive account of the role of trade unions in Asia today, this book, put together by two editors who have published extensively in the areas of business and economics in Asia, covers all the important Asian economies: both developed and developing. Making a vital contribution to the very small amount of literature that has been... more...
TV China
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 21.20If radio and film were the emblematic media of the Maoist era, television has rapidly established itself as the medium of the "marketized" China and in the diaspora. In less than two decades, television has become the dominant medium across the Chinese cultural world. TV China is the first anthology... more...
The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 150.00Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth. This book fills a major research gap by exploring the nature,... more...
Art, Politics, and Commerce in Chinese Cinema
Hong Kong University Press 2010; US$ 50.00Art, politics and commerce are intertwined everywhere, but in China the interplay is explicit, intimate and elemental, and nowhere more so than in the film industry. Understanding this interplay in the era of market reform and globalization is essential to understanding mainland Chinese cinema. This interdisciplinary book provides a comprehensive reappraisal... more...
Law and Labour Market Regulation in South East Asia
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading scholars from each country consider both laws pertaining to working conditions and industrial relations,... more...
China's Transition to a Global Economy
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 155.00How has China approached the global economy? Webber, Wang and Zhu attempt to answer this question through analysis of the concepts of globalization, transition and regionalization. China's approach has been experimental, stressing the liberalization of trade and investment flows and the development of a market economy. By these indexes globalization... more...









