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Papers by Mhinder Bhopal

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2005

... and Public Relations departments (Trade union advisors report 1950 ... given the almost compl... more ... and Public Relations departments (Trade union advisors report 1950 ... given the almost complete control of the Alliance Coalition (a coalition of the main ethnic parties ... wider debates about Chinese citizenship and the fear of Malays becoming a minority in Malaysia (Comber,1983 ...

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ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are pol... more ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are political and institutional as well as economic and consider the possibilities of reform in this context. They suggest that reform requires an underpinning legal structure but this in itself requires a change of political will or a change of regime. Both changes point to the need to reconfigure the institutional structures. However, such prescriptions not only ignore the impact of institutional sedimentation and the great social disruption that such change would cause but also fail to consider the sustainability of institutional restructuring and modification as short-term economic pressures recede. As a result the authors argue that while the crisis has induced change and created new opportunities, we should remain uncertain, uncommitted and unconvinced about the possibility for fundamental change in this region.

Capital & Class, 2006

Given the ethnic dimension of much conflict, it is time to acknowledge the ethnic factor in the f... more Given the ethnic dimension of much conflict, it is time to acknowledge the ethnic factor in the field of employment, and the manner in which material conflicts can be articulated in identity terms. Identifications that transcend class, for example, in emphasising the commonality of ethnic identity, can serve not only to obscure intra-group class divisions under the veil of cultural closure, but also to foreclose the potential for inter-group class identification. Indeed, studies of employee relations in Europe often make little mention of ethnic diversity, despite the ethnic diversity within various countries. Studies of Asia, on the other hand, mainly focus on the relatively culturally homogeneous societies of South Korea and Japan. In most of these studies, the state (and capital) has often been seen as overly uniform and monolithic, rather than as shifting, transient and fragmented. Furthermore, the establishment and growth of firstand subsequent-generation citizens implies that a more nuanced analysis will be required of not only labour, but of the state (and capital) as well.

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2001

ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are pol... more ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are political and institutional as well as economic and consider the possibilities of reform in this context. They suggest that reform requires an underpinning legal structure but this in itself requires a change of political will or a change of regime. Both changes point to the need to reconfigure the institutional structures. However, such prescriptions not only ignore the impact of institutional sedimentation and the great social disruption that such change would cause but also fail to consider the sustainability of institutional restructuring and modification as short-term economic pressures recede. As a result the authors argue that while the crisis has induced change and created new opportunities, we should remain uncertain, uncommitted and unconvinced about the possibility for fundamental change in this region.

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2001

... Academic analysts have seen the discourse of ethnicity as functional in obscuring more fundam... more ... Academic analysts have seen the discourse of ethnicity as functional in obscuring more fundamental structures of class domination ... of whether ethnicity is a problem per se or one that is utilized to maintain political dominance retains a fulcrum position in much analysis. ...

By the end of this chapter you should be able to draw upon theoretical material to address the fo... more By the end of this chapter you should be able to draw upon theoretical material to address the following questions.

By the end of this chapter you should be able to appreciate that  Classification is imperative t... more By the end of this chapter you should be able to appreciate that  Classification is imperative to engage in analysis  All subjects and disciplines attempt to classify to enable comparison  Nations can be classified in terms of social, economic, political and technological dimensions  How each nation is placed within these dimensions has implications for industrial relations  Each of the dimensions social, economic, political and technological are not mutually exclusive but may impact upon each other

The role of ethnicity continues to be underplayed in employment analysis. Given the fragmentation... more The role of ethnicity continues to be underplayed in employment analysis. Given the fragmentation of many homogenous societies and workforces and their increasing heterogeneous nature, such neglect not only highlights partiality, but is also problematic at the level of analysis, policy and practice. Likewise, the state and capital have been seen as overly uniform and monolithic rather than as shifting, transient and fragmented. Furthermore, the establishment and continuing growth of first and subsequent generation citizens implies a more nuanced analysis will be required of not only labour, but state and capital as well. These issues, however, are not unusual, nor marginal (although they may be marginalised), in some countries. We use the example of Malaysia, itself an old colonially produced type of multicultural society, to show the weaknesses of traditional views and to analyse and highlight the impacts of ethnicity with a view to developing a framework for incorporating this dimension into the discourse of employment.

The discourse of Japan and Japanese management 1970-1990.

Book reviewed Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History Sam Davis, C... more Book reviewed Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History Sam Davis, Colin J. Davis, David de Vries, Lex Heerma van Voss, Lidewij Hesselink and Klaus Weinhauer (eds) Ashgate, 2000, 863 pp., 75 pounds (hardback, 2 volumes) Labored Relations: Law, Politics and the NLRBA Memoir William B. Gould IV MIT Press, 2000, 474 pp., 27.50 pounds Trade Unions and Global Governance. The Debate on a Social Clause Gerda van Roozendal Continuum, 2002, 260 pp., 75.00 pounds (hardback), 25.00 pounds (paperback) Organized Labour in the 21st Century A.V. Jose (ed.) International Institute for Labour Studies, 2002, xii + 406 pp., 120

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2005

... and Public Relations departments (Trade union advisors report 1950 ... given the almost compl... more ... and Public Relations departments (Trade union advisors report 1950 ... given the almost complete control of the Alliance Coalition (a coalition of the main ethnic parties ... wider debates about Chinese citizenship and the fear of Malays becoming a minority in Malaysia (Comber,1983 ...

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 713999141, Sep 6, 2010

ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are pol... more ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are political and institutional as well as economic and consider the possibilities of reform in this context. They suggest that reform requires an underpinning legal structure but this in itself requires a change of political will or a change of regime. Both changes point to the need to reconfigure the institutional structures. However, such prescriptions not only ignore the impact of institutional sedimentation and the great social disruption that such change would cause but also fail to consider the sustainability of institutional restructuring and modification as short-term economic pressures recede. As a result the authors argue that while the crisis has induced change and created new opportunities, we should remain uncertain, uncommitted and unconvinced about the possibility for fundamental change in this region.

Capital & Class, 2006

Given the ethnic dimension of much conflict, it is time to acknowledge the ethnic factor in the f... more Given the ethnic dimension of much conflict, it is time to acknowledge the ethnic factor in the field of employment, and the manner in which material conflicts can be articulated in identity terms. Identifications that transcend class, for example, in emphasising the commonality of ethnic identity, can serve not only to obscure intra-group class divisions under the veil of cultural closure, but also to foreclose the potential for inter-group class identification. Indeed, studies of employee relations in Europe often make little mention of ethnic diversity, despite the ethnic diversity within various countries. Studies of Asia, on the other hand, mainly focus on the relatively culturally homogeneous societies of South Korea and Japan. In most of these studies, the state (and capital) has often been seen as overly uniform and monolithic, rather than as shifting, transient and fragmented. Furthermore, the establishment and growth of firstand subsequent-generation citizens implies that a more nuanced analysis will be required of not only labour, but of the state (and capital) as well.

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2001

ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are pol... more ABSTRACT The authors concur with the argument that the roots of the Asian economic crisis are political and institutional as well as economic and consider the possibilities of reform in this context. They suggest that reform requires an underpinning legal structure but this in itself requires a change of political will or a change of regime. Both changes point to the need to reconfigure the institutional structures. However, such prescriptions not only ignore the impact of institutional sedimentation and the great social disruption that such change would cause but also fail to consider the sustainability of institutional restructuring and modification as short-term economic pressures recede. As a result the authors argue that while the crisis has induced change and created new opportunities, we should remain uncertain, uncommitted and unconvinced about the possibility for fundamental change in this region.

Asia Pacific Business Review, 2001

... Academic analysts have seen the discourse of ethnicity as functional in obscuring more fundam... more ... Academic analysts have seen the discourse of ethnicity as functional in obscuring more fundamental structures of class domination ... of whether ethnicity is a problem per se or one that is utilized to maintain political dominance retains a fulcrum position in much analysis. ...

By the end of this chapter you should be able to draw upon theoretical material to address the fo... more By the end of this chapter you should be able to draw upon theoretical material to address the following questions.

By the end of this chapter you should be able to appreciate that  Classification is imperative t... more By the end of this chapter you should be able to appreciate that  Classification is imperative to engage in analysis  All subjects and disciplines attempt to classify to enable comparison  Nations can be classified in terms of social, economic, political and technological dimensions  How each nation is placed within these dimensions has implications for industrial relations  Each of the dimensions social, economic, political and technological are not mutually exclusive but may impact upon each other

The role of ethnicity continues to be underplayed in employment analysis. Given the fragmentation... more The role of ethnicity continues to be underplayed in employment analysis. Given the fragmentation of many homogenous societies and workforces and their increasing heterogeneous nature, such neglect not only highlights partiality, but is also problematic at the level of analysis, policy and practice. Likewise, the state and capital have been seen as overly uniform and monolithic rather than as shifting, transient and fragmented. Furthermore, the establishment and continuing growth of first and subsequent generation citizens implies a more nuanced analysis will be required of not only labour, but state and capital as well. These issues, however, are not unusual, nor marginal (although they may be marginalised), in some countries. We use the example of Malaysia, itself an old colonially produced type of multicultural society, to show the weaknesses of traditional views and to analyse and highlight the impacts of ethnicity with a view to developing a framework for incorporating this dimension into the discourse of employment.

The discourse of Japan and Japanese management 1970-1990.

Book reviewed Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History Sam Davis, C... more Book reviewed Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History Sam Davis, Colin J. Davis, David de Vries, Lex Heerma van Voss, Lidewij Hesselink and Klaus Weinhauer (eds) Ashgate, 2000, 863 pp., 75 pounds (hardback, 2 volumes) Labored Relations: Law, Politics and the NLRBA Memoir William B. Gould IV MIT Press, 2000, 474 pp., 27.50 pounds Trade Unions and Global Governance. The Debate on a Social Clause Gerda van Roozendal Continuum, 2002, 260 pp., 75.00 pounds (hardback), 25.00 pounds (paperback) Organized Labour in the 21st Century A.V. Jose (ed.) International Institute for Labour Studies, 2002, xii + 406 pp., 120