Description |
xx, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
RIPE series in global political economy |
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RIPE series in global political economy.
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Contents |
Pt. I. International political economy and organized labour: approaches and theories -- 1. Organized labour and the global political economy / Jeffrey Harrod and Robert O'Brien -- 2. Work, production and social relations: repositioning the firm in the international political economy / Louise Amoore -- 3. Towards an international political economy of labour / Jeffrey Harrod -- 4. Internationalization, industrial relations theory and international relations / Nigel Haworth and Steve Hughes -- Pt. II. National and regional strategies -- 5. Organizing globally, organizing locally: union spatial strategy in a global economy / Andrew Herod -- 6. Trade unions, globalization and training: initiatives in Britain and Brazil / Janet Hannah and Maria Clara Bueno Fischer -- 7. The international dimension of labour federation economic strategy in Canada and the United States 1947-2000 / Ian Robinson -- 8. Unions, capitals and states: competing (inter)nationalisms in North American and European integration / Dimitris Stevis -- 9. International labour and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific / Nigel Haworth and Steve Hughes -- Pt. III. The global arena: unions and global dynamics -- 10. The constraints on labour internationalism: contradictions and prospects / Mine Eder -- 11. Labour movement renewal in the era of globalization: union responses in the South / Robert Lambert -- 12. Peripheralizing labour: the ILO, WTO and the completion of the Bretton Woods project / Rorden Wilkinson -- 13. The varied paths to minimum global labour standards / Robert O'Brien -- 14. Labour as a global social force: past divisions and new tasks / Dan Gallin |
Summary |
This edited collection examines the interaction between industrial relations and international realtions in the global economy |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Labor unions.
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International labor activities.
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Globalization.
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Author |
Harrod, Jeffrey.
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O'Brien, Robert, 1963-
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LC no. |
2002068292 |
ISBN |
0415270081 |
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0415288118 paperback |
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