Ethnicity, popular democratic movements and labour in Malaysia
Journal article
Croucher, Richard and Miles, Lilian. (2016). Ethnicity, popular democratic movements and labour in Malaysia. Economic and Industrial Democracy. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15619237
Authors | Croucher, Richard and Miles, Lilian |
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Abstract | This article uses framing theory to examine how activists and trade unions have framed labour’s political agenda in Malaysia. A polity grounded in ethnicity continues to hinder the formation of cross-ethnic collective worker identities and labour politics. However, inclusive popular democratising movements have strengthened in recent years, providing a favourable context for greater emphasis on non-ethnic political action by trade unions. The latter have shifted in this direction, adopting elements of the popular movement’s ‘human rights’ internationalism. Thus, the democratic movement’s frame has influenced that of the trade unions, with implications for framing theory. |
Keywords | Employee rights; industrial democracy; labour relations; worker control |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Economic and Industrial Democracy |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X15619237 |
Research Group | Centre for Sustainable HRM and Wellbeing |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Editors | J. Acker |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v2z8/ethnicity-popular-democratic-movements-and-labour-in-malaysia
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