1st Edition
Trade Unions and Global Governance The Debate on a Social Clause
By Gerda van Roozendaal
Copyright 2003
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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As the world economy is liberalized, and national economies become more intertwined, the national decision making of states is also increasingly interdependent, and it has become vital for non-governmental organizations to create an international agenda. This title is an important study of what makes such organizations successful on an international level. The focus is on trade unions, as a key... Read more
List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Trade Unions, Labour Standards and Global Governance: An Introduction -- 2 Trade Unions and Global Governance -- 3 Claiming Positions: Debates on Labour Standards -- 4 The Fair Trade Discourse on International Labour Standards: The Case of the United States -- 5 The Neo-liberal Discourse on International Labour Standards: The Case of India -- 6 The OECD Study on Trade and Labour Standards -- 7 Adjusting the ILO to Global Challenges: The Modest Result of the Laborious Debate on the Strengthening of the ILO -- 8 Trade Unions and Global Governance: Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix: ILO Core Conventions and Their Rate of Ratification -- Bibliography -- Index.
Biography
Gerda van Roozendaal,
