Labour and globalisation : results and prospects / [electronic resource]
Munck, Ronaldo,editor.
Globalisation is transforming the world in ways that we are only just beginning to understand. It is often assumed that social movements, such as that of labour, will simply be overwhelmed by these changes. This book carries out a wide-ranging examination of theoretical and practical dimensions of globalisation and the responses of the labour movement to the challenges it poses. Contributors explore the trend towards the globalisation of labour, the influences of globalisation at the sub-global spatial level, and the effects of globalisation in a social dimension. In different ways, from different angles and taking up different positions, all the chapters in Labour and Globalisation can be seen as contributions to the development of a labour-based challenge to the ravages of globalisation. They are, on the whole, neither optimistic nor pessimistic but seek out possibilities as well as establishing limits to labour transnationalism in the era of globalisation.
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Globalisation and Labour Transnationalism; Part I: Global Dimensions; 1. An Emerging Agenda for Trade Unions?; 2. The ICFTU and the World Economy: A Historical Perspective; 3. Globalisation, Imperialism and the Labour Standards Debate; 4. Towards Global Networked Unions; Part II: Spatial Dimensions; 5. Re-Scaling Trade Union Organisation: Lessons from the European Front Line; 6. Australia and Beyond: Targeting Rio Tinto; 7. International Solidarity and Labour in South Africa
8. Labour and NAFTA: Nationalist Reflexes and Transnational Imperatives in North America, 1991-1995Part III: Social Dimensions; 9. Beyond Unions: Labour and Codes of Conduct; 10. Globalisation and Child Labour: Protection, Liberation or Anti-Capitalism?; 11. Globalisation, Trade Unionism and Solidarity: Further Reflections on the Liverpool Dock Lockout; 12 Globalisation and Trade Union Strategy: Evidence from the International Civil Aviation Industry; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).
Globalisation is transforming the world in ways that we are only just beginning to understand. It is often assumed that social movements, such as that of labour, will simply be overwhelmed by these changes. This book carries out a wide-ranging examination of theoretical and practical dimensions of globalisation and the responses of the labour movement to the challenges it poses. Contributors explore the trend towards the globalisation of labour, the influences of globalisation at the sub-global spatial level, and the effects of globalisation in a social dimension. In different ways, from different angles and taking up different positions, all the chapters in Labour and Globalisation can be seen as contributions to the development of a labour-based challenge to the ravages of globalisation. They are, on the whole, neither optimistic nor pessimistic but seek out possibilities as well as establishing limits to labour transnationalism in the era of globalisation.
Labor movement.
Globalization