Comprises ten papers which evaluate the sustainability of the economic recovery of the ASEAN countries after the regional financial and economic crisis. Examines the challenges and competitiveness of these economies and addresses human social issues such as food security, povert…
Focuses on current restructuring of industry, as determined by globalization and liberalization, and a shift from industrial technology to information technology.
Comprises 13 papers which explore the concept of nationalism and national identity in 12 countries with different types of 'nation-state'. Investigates the roles of ethnicity, race and religion in the origins of each nation and considers the presence or absence of national indic…
"This book presents an analysis of both paid and unpaid work time, integrating a discussion of overwork, underwork, shortening the working week, and flexible work practices. From the broad perspective of social economics, time at work is determined within a complex web of evolvi…
With reference to Assam, India.
Commissioned by the Tokyo Club Foundation for Global Studies, comprises the reports of researchers from ten leading East Asian economies (the AT10) on the changing importance of networking in the production and service sectors in their home economy.
Explores the Netherland's recovery from the severe unemployment crisis in the early 1980s to record job growth in the 1990s. Distinguishes three policy changes to explain the "miracle": the wage restraints since the early 1980s; the reform of the social security system ten years…