Globalisation and Social Development - European and Southeast Asian Evidence

The impact of globalization on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In "Globalization and Social Development", leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more specifically, Southeast Asian economies including Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. The contributors provide a well documented, multi-disciplinary analysis of the relationship between globalization and social development in regions which, in the last two decades, have relied heavily on an outward looking development strategy and on attracting FDI, and which have been severely hit by the Asian crisis. In order to substantiate their analysis, the contributors include case studies of company relocation to Southeast Asia. The effects of globalization on compliance with core labour standards in the Asia Pacific are explored. Examining the complex link between globalization and social development in Europe and Southeast Asia, "Globalization and Social Development" should be welcomed by economists and social researchers with a specific interest in globalization and Southeast Asian economies. Lecturers and scholars of international economics, international business and Asian business should also find the book to be of great interest.