Justice Without the Rule of Law? The Challenge of Rights-Based Industrial Relations in Contemporary Cambodia

Adler, Daniel; Woolcock, Michael

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“…This reflects the lesson from Adler and Woolcock's (2010) study of the Cambodian Arbitration Council that hybrid forms are by their nature dynamic over time. Similarly, Guthrie (1998, pp.…”

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“…In other words, developmental states move along their own developmental paths (Fukuyama The Politics of Inclusive Development 180 2010). Indeed, all ROL systems are by their nature hybrid and dynamic, as they draw upon a variety of models or sources of legitimacy as a response to the changing exigencies of circumstance and context (Adler and Woolcock 2010). Hybridity requires law to play many such roles, meaning ROL will look very context-specific.…”

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

Hickey

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Bukenya³

2014

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes.You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ www.econstor.eu The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentIt is now widely accepted that politics plays a signifi cant role in shaping the possibilities for inclusive development. However, the specifi c ways in which this happens across different types and forms of development, and in different contexts, remains poorly understood. This collection provides a stateof-the-art review regarding what is currently known about the politics of inclusive development. Leading academics offer systematic reviews of how politics shapes development across multiple dimensions, including through growth, natural resource governance, poverty reduction, service delivery, social protection, justice systems, the empowerment of marginalised groups, and the role of both traditional and non-traditional donors. The volume not only provides a comprehensive update but also a ground-breaking range of new directions for thinking and acting around these issues. The book's originality thus derives not only from the wide scope of its case-study material, but also from the new conceptual approaches it offers for thinking about the politics of inclusive development, and the innovative and practical suggestions for donors, policy makers, and practitioners that fl ow from this. 1 The Politics of Inclusive DevelopmentInterrogating the Evidence Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. First Edition published 2015 First published in paperback 2016This book is dedicated both to the future of our latest arrivals, Noah Jem, Shawn Michael, and Matthew Francis, and ForewordThe Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Centre strives to create knowledge that contributes to making states more effective and committed to achieving social justice. This is a grand goal but our partners...

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“…This reflects the lesson from Adler and Woolcock's (2010) study of the Cambodian Arbitration Council that hybrid forms are by their nature dynamic over time. Similarly, Guthrie (1998, pp.…”

Section: Hybriditymentioning

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Hickey

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Bukenya³

2014

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“…For example, Better Factories Cambodia was shown to be successful at improving compliance with national law and international standards since its implementation in 2001 (Robertson 2017). Other studies have shown a positive relationship between program participation and working conditions in Cambodia (Adler and Woolcock 2010, Beresford 2009, Berik and van der Meulen Rodgers 2010, Miller et al 2009, Oka 2010a, Oka 2010b, and Polaski 2006. Shea et al (2010) andBrown et al (2016) find that the improvements in working conditions and factory compliance come through engagements with multiple stakeholders as part of the program in Cambodia.…”

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Firm Compliance and Public Disclosure in Vietnam

Hollweg¹

2019

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Understanding mechanisms to improve working conditions in GVCs is a policy priority for governments in both producing and outsourcing countries, both from a social and economic point of view. Working conditions often fall short of international standards in producing countries. At the same time, a growing number of studies show that better working conditions are positively associated with improvements in profits, productivity, and firm survival (World Bank 2015).Labor and social standards for firms in GVCs have been introduced in countries to address poor working conditions, but their effectiveness is not fully evident. Moreover, there is limited availability of firm-level evidence about factors that facilitate increased compliance with labor and social standards. This paper helps fill this gap by strengthening the micro-level analysis of firms' compliance with labor standards in Vietnam's apparel sector through one possible policy measure: transparency. The findings support evidence-based policy making. This research leverages factory-level data from the ILO-IFC Better Work Vietnam program to assess the relationship between transparency of working conditions and firm compliance with labor standards in Vietnam. It exploits a change in the policies of Better Work Vietnam when, in 2015, the launch of a new Public Disclosure Programme was announced that will make factories' names publicly available along with their compliance (or lack thereof) with certain "critical issues". These critical issues include compliance clusters around discrimination, child labor, minimum wage payments, and various aspects of safety and health in the workplace. The primary objective of the Public Disclosure Programme is to accelerate the pace of improvements across the industry, thus raising worker well-being and the industry's reputation for ethical standards (Better Work Vietnam 2015).We test whether changes in the transparency mechanism through public disclosure in GVCs changes firms' adoption of better practices regarding working conditions. Specifically, the key question around compliance with labor standards in Vietnam that the paper addresses is: Is there evidence that transparency through the Public Disclosure Programme accelerates adoption of compliance requirements? Does this vary by firm characteristics or compliance cluster? We test whether firms' compliance with labor standards increases after the announcement and/or launch of the Public Disclosure Programme. We then test whether these results vary by firm characteristic or compliance cluster.The effect of firm participation in monitoring and training programs on compliance has been more widely studied, in particular ILO-IFC Better Factories or Better Work programs, focused largely on Cambodia. We also test whether overall results of the impact of program participation on compliance holds for Vietnam. This helps us to identify the effect of the disclosure policy specifically, rather than program participation generally. In doing so, we address three additional questions: A...

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“…This was reflected in the Constitution written after the signing of the peace accords, which contained commitment to the rule of law and to human rights, including specific protections of labour rights such as the right of citizens to choose their employment, equal pay for equal work, guarantee of employment for women during pregnancy, the right to maternity leave and the right to establish associations and to strike (Adler and Woolcock 2009). This kind of language -although often betrayed in practice -created spaces of opportunity for activism that eventually led to the emergence of a lively third sector of NGOs, trade unions, and community-based associations, as well as to a corresponding upsurge in political and industrial dissent.…”

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At the Roots of Labour Activism: Chinese and Cambodian Garment Workers in Comparative Perspective

Franceschini

2018

Journal of Contemporary Asia

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In China extensive, co-ordinated strikes such as those that have taken place in Cambodia in recent years remain rare, with most protests initiated by Chinese workers contained inside single factories or industrial zones. Also, while Cambodian workers often mobilise for their interests and broader policy issues, such as the determination of the minimum wage, Chinese workers largely limit themselves to protests against violations of their legal rights. How can these different patterns of labour activism be explained? Through factory gate surveys and interviews conducted during the summer of 2016 in a sample of Hong Kong-owned garment factories in Dongguan and Phnom Penh, this study provides a comparative analysis of the root causes of labour activism in China and Cambodia. In particular, the article focuses on three elements that play an important role in determining labour activism: the expectations of the workers regarding wages; the workers' perception of the labour law and the legal system; and trade union pluralism.

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Justice Without the Rule of Law? The Challenge of Rights-Based Industrial Relations in Contemporary Cambodia

Cited by 17 publications

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The Politics of Inclusive Development

The Politics of Inclusive Development

Firm Compliance and Public Disclosure in Vietnam

At the Roots of Labour Activism: Chinese and Cambodian Garment Workers in Comparative Perspective

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