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Robert G. Castle

Selected Works

2012

Labour

Articles 1 - 14 of 14

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Regulation Of Aboriginal Labour In Queensland: Protectors, Agreements And Trust Accounts 1897/ 1965, Robert Castle, James Hagan Jun 2012

Regulation Of Aboriginal Labour In Queensland: Protectors, Agreements And Trust Accounts 1897/ 1965, Robert Castle, James Hagan

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


The Ilo And The Australian Contribution To The International Labour Standards Debate, Chris Nyland, Robert Castle Jun 2012

The Ilo And The Australian Contribution To The International Labour Standards Debate, Chris Nyland, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

Summarizes the debate between those who are urging the World Trade Organization to adopt a social clause that links the right to engage in international trade with basic labour rights, and those who believe that this would harm the ability of developing countries to compete with the advanced economies because it would prevent them paying lower wages to their workers. Sets out the background to this debate, before examining how it has been carried forward in Australia, looking at the submissions made to the Duffy Report, published in 1996, and the subsequent debate. Analyses the positions taken by the Australian …


Microeconomic Reform And Public Sector Labour, Robert Castle Jun 2012

Microeconomic Reform And Public Sector Labour, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


The International Labour Organisation And The Australian Contribution To The International Labour Standards Debate, Chris Nyland, Robert Castle Jun 2012

The International Labour Organisation And The Australian Contribution To The International Labour Standards Debate, Chris Nyland, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

Summarizes the debate between those who are urging the World Trade Organization to adopt a social clause that links the right to engage in international trade with basic labour rights, and those who believe that this would harm the ability of developing countries to compete with the advanced economies because it would prevent them paying lower wages to their workers. Sets out the background to this debate, before examining how it has been carried forward in Australia, looking at the submissions made to the Duffy Report, published in 1996, and the subsequent debate. Analyses the positions taken by the Australian …


The Australian Labour Government And The Price Accord, Robert Castle Jun 2012

The Australian Labour Government And The Price Accord, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


"International Migration And Labour Regulation", Robert Castle, Diana Kelly, Chris Nyland Jun 2012

"International Migration And Labour Regulation", Robert Castle, Diana Kelly, Chris Nyland

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Labour Economics: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle Jun 2012

Labour Economics: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Employment Prospects For Aboriginals In Rural Labour Markets: Report To Australian Council For Education And Training, Robert Castle Jun 2012

Employment Prospects For Aboriginals In Rural Labour Markets: Report To Australian Council For Education And Training, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Child Labour In South Asia: Domestic And International Initiatives Including Ilo And Wto, D P Chaudhri, Robert Castle, Chris Nyland Jun 2012

Child Labour In South Asia: Domestic And International Initiatives Including Ilo And Wto, D P Chaudhri, Robert Castle, Chris Nyland

Robert G. Castle

South Asia has the largest concentration of child labour and of children not participating in school education. This paper aims to examine the trends in the incidence of child labour in five countries of the region, for the period 1965-1995 and to to delineate patterns in socio-economic correlates relevant to this issue. Multilateral organizations and national governments need to focus the greater part of their efforts on the children most at risk-i.e., those in morally and physically hazardous occupations. The national governments must focus more on agriculture and home-based occupations in the informal sector which account for a large amount …


Colonial Companies, Indentured Labour And Imperialism 1860-1940, Robert Castle, James Hagan, Andrew Wells Jun 2012

Colonial Companies, Indentured Labour And Imperialism 1860-1940, Robert Castle, James Hagan, Andrew Wells

Robert G. Castle

The literature on modem imperialism is both immense and inconclusive. The defInition, central facts, archival sources, methods, theories and implications of 'imperialism' are subject to endless contestation. The doyen of Australian liberal historiography, WK Hancock, was moved to warn nearly half a century ago, 'Imperialism is no word for scholars'. Despite his assertion the scholarly and polemical debates continued unabated.


Aboriginal Labour In The White Economy, Robert Castle, James Hagan Jun 2012

Aboriginal Labour In The White Economy, Robert Castle, James Hagan

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Integration Of Market Economies And The Rights Of Labour: International Regulation, Robert Castle, D P Chaudhri, Chris Nyland Jun 2012

Integration Of Market Economies And The Rights Of Labour: International Regulation, Robert Castle, D P Chaudhri, Chris Nyland

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Trade Unions And An Australian Labour Government: A Social Contract For The 80s?, Robert Castle Jun 2012

Trade Unions And An Australian Labour Government: A Social Contract For The 80s?, Robert Castle

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.


Labour Clauses, The World Trade Organisation And Child Labour In India, Robert Castle, D P Chaudhri, Chris Nyland Jun 2012

Labour Clauses, The World Trade Organisation And Child Labour In India, Robert Castle, D P Chaudhri, Chris Nyland

Robert G. Castle

No abstract provided.