Labor Policy in Thailand

Title
Labor Policy in Thailand
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Brown, Andrew John
Editor
Editor(s): Evan M Berman and Jack Rabin
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
2
DOI
10.1081/E-EPAP2-120041050
UNE publication id
une:4770
Abstract
Historically, labor policy in Thailand has emerged from contests that have involved competing constellations of economic, political, and ideological interests. Recently, these contests have been dominated by those particular interests aligned with Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai party (TRT) which formed a government in January 2001. During its first term in office, the TRT government has implemented economic and social policies that embody a broad twofold objective: first, to restructure economy, politics, and society in order to build a globally competitive capitalism; second, to manage the conflicts and tensions that processes of restructuring have generated. Labor policies both reflect and form a significant component of the government's pursuit of these dual objectives.
Link
Citation
The Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, v.2
ISBN
9781420052763
9781420052756

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