Global Unions? (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Strategies of Organized Labour in the Global Political Economy
Redaktion: Harrod, Jeffrey; O'Brien, Robert

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the interaction between industrial relations and international relations in the global economy and analyses the key developments in union strategy on a local, national, regional and global level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134443420
• Artikelnr.: 38243962

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey Harrod is Emeritus professor of International and Comparative Labour Studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague and teaches at the International School for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. Robert O'Brien is an Associate Professor in the department of Political Science and a member of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition at McMaster University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part I.
International Political Economy and Organized Labour: Approaches and
Theories Chapter 1. Introduction: Organized Labour and Global Political
Economy Chapter 2. Work, Production and Social Relations: Repositioning the
Firm in the International Political Economy Chapter 3. Towards an
International Political Economy of Labour Chapter 4. Internationalization,
Industrial Relations and International Relations Part II. National and
Regional Strategies Chapter 5. Organizing Globally, Organizing Local:
Geographical Scale and Union Spatial Strategy Chapter 6. Trade Unions,
Training and Globalization: Initiatives in Britain and Brazil Chapter 7.
The International Dimension of Labour Federation Economic Strategy in
Canada and the United States 1947 - 2000 Chapter 8. Unions, States and
Capitals: Competing (Inter)nationalisms in North America and European
Integration Chapter 9. International Labour and Regional Integration:
Asia-Pacific Part III. The Global Arena: Unions and Global Dynamics Chapter
10. The Constraints on Labour Internationalism: Contradictions and
Prospects Chapter 11. Labour Movement Renewal in the Era of Globalization:
Union Responses in the South Chapter 12. Peripheralizing Labour: the ILO,
WTO and the Completion of the Bretton Woods Project Chapter 13. The Varied
Paths to Minimum Global Labour Standads Chapter 14. Labour as a Global
Social Force: Past Divisions and New Tasks References Index