TY - JOUR T1 - Workers And Social Movements Of The Developing World: Time To Rethink The Scope Of Industrial Relations? JF - International Labour Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Ratna Sen A1 - Chang-Hee Lee KW - Brazil KW - China KW - developing world KW - India KW - industrial relations KW - informal economy KW - informal workers KW - labor relations KW - nonunionized worker KW - precarious employment KW - Russian Federation KW - South Africa AB -

Against the background of decline in traditional industrial relations institutions in post-Fordist economies, the authors review the patterns of counter-movement to globalization that are emerging in the defense of workers in developing countries, with a particular focus on Asia. From the Marxian struggle they identify in China to the widely varied forms of protest and representational organization they observe in India, they argue for a more inclusive approach to industrial relations, both in practice and in research. The future, they suggest, will be shaped by the interplay of reform from above and the social movements spontaneously filling today's representational vacuum.

VL - 154 L2 - eng CP - 1 ER -