社會所蕭新煌特聘研究員合編「Policy Responses to Precarious Work in Asia」出版

這本書由社會所蕭新煌特聘研究員與美國北卡大學（Chapel Hill）社會學系Arne L. Kalleberg傑出教授及澳洲Murdoch大學亞洲研究中心主任Kevin Hewison 傑出教授共同主編，也是三人過去幾年來攜手合作所進行的亞洲非典型勞動整合型國際比較研究計畫的最新成果。本書已由本院社會所於日前出版。

這本書的焦點放在亞洲諸多國家面對日益嚴重的非典型就業和無保障勞工社會問題時，所浮現的新政治經濟形勢，如企業掌握新自由主義趨勢所做的利己措舉，工會和工運在因應愈來愈不利勞工權益的反彈，以及政府又如何在企業的彈性要求和勞工的安全訴求之間調整新的勞動政策。評估不同國家的政府政策得失、成效和虛實，就是本書的用意。

本書除了有總論兩章論述外，有七章分別由在地的專家勾勒和分析東北亞的日本、南韓、台灣和中國四個案例，有兩章探討東南亞的東協會員國和印尼兩個個案，最後有一章聚焦南亞斯里蘭卡一國的分析。全書各章也對日益被管理與勞動研究學界高唱入雲的兼顧彈性和安全（Flexicurity）的勞動新模式，都有進一步嚴肅的檢討。

本書可說是在勞動的經濟和社會研究領域裡，首次以政治和政策著眼的國際比較著作。

作者簡介：

主編簡介Contributors
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao
Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao is Distinguished Research Fellow andDirector of the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica and Professorof Sociology at National Taiwan University and National Sun Yat-senUniversity. In addition, he is also Chair Professor of Hakka studies atNational Central University. He had previously served as a NationalPolicy Advisor to the President of Taiwan between 1996 and 2006, andas Executive Director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Area Studies inAcademia Sinica. His areas of specialization include civil society, newdemocracies, middle class in Asia, local sustainable development,Hakka studies, and NGO studies. His most recent books include:Lessons o/Taiwan 's Local Environment (editor, 2015); Writing Taiwan'sThird Sector History II (editor, 2015); Near Neighbors: Issues in Taiwan
and Hong Kong Societies (co-editor, 2014); Globalization and NewIntra-Urban Dynamics in Asian Cities (co-editor, 2014); Politics,Ethnicity. Religions and Art in Indonesia (co-editor, 2014); WritingTaiwan's Third Sector History I (editor, 2014); Democracy orAlternative Political Systems in Asia: After the Strongmen (editor, 2014)and Chinese Middle Classes: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and China(editor, 2014).

Arne L. Kalleberg
Arne L. Kalleberg is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology atthe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also has adjunctappointments in Business, Global Studies and Public Policy. He haspublished more than 120 articles and chapters and 11 books on topicsrelated to the sociology of work, organizations, occupations and
industries, labor markets, and social stratification. His most recent bookis Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Rise of Polarized and PrecariousEmployment Systems in the United States, 1970s-2000s (Russell SageFoundation, 2011). His major current projects include a cross-nationalstudy of the causes and consequences of precarious work in a number ofAsian and European countries and the role of community colleges in
workforce preparation. He served as President of the AmericanSociological Association in 2007-2008 and is currently the editor ofSocial Forces, An International Journal of Social Research.

Kevin Hewison
Kevin Hewison is Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Politics andInternational Studies and Director of the Asia Research Centre atMurdoch University in Western Australia. Before this, he was WeldonE. Thornton Distinguished Professor in the Departmentof Asian Studiesat the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.