| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Leuven global governance |
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Leuven global governance.
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| Contents |
1. Protecting labour rights in a globalizing world : an introduction / Axel Marx ... [et al.] -- 2. The protection of international labour rights : a longitudinal analysis of the protection of the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining over 30 years in 73 countries / Axel Marx, Jadir Soares and Wouter Van Acker -- 3. The EU's social dimension and its external trade relations / Samantha Velluti -- 4. Divided we stand : the European Parliament's position on social trade in the post-Lisbon era / Lore Van den Putte -- 5. Asian and US perspectives on labor rights under international trade agreements compared / Ronald C. Brown -- 6. EU economic governance and labour rights : diversity and coherence in EU, Council of Europe and ILO instruments / Frank Hendrickx and Pieter Pecinovsky -- 7. Trade unions and collective bargaining power in global labor governance / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Melanie Kryst -- 8. The rapprochement of ILO standards and CSR mechanisms : towards a positive understanding of the 'privatization' of international labour standards / Ruben Zandvliet and Paul van der Heijden -- 9. Between the dragon's gift and its claws : China in Africa and the (un)civil fostering of ILO's decent work agenda / Abdul-Gafar 'Tobi' Oshodi -- 10. On the transformative capacity of private fair labour arrangements / Ceren Pedekmir, Pieter Glasbergen and Ron Cörvers -- 11. Compliance opportunities and the effectiveness of private voluntary standard setting -- lessons from the global banana industry / Dennis Klink -- 12. Promoting global labour rights through complementary capacities -- the 'accord for fire and building safety in Bangladesh / Juliane Reinecke and Jimmy Donaghey -- 13. The International Labour Organization, multinational enterprises, and shifting conceptions of responsibility in the global economy / Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan -- 14. Conclusion: Which way to enforcement? / Glenn Rayp, Axel Marx and Jan Wouters |
| Summary |
Stories and images of collapsed factories, burned down sweatshops, imprisoned migrant workers, child workers and many other violations of internationally recognized labour rights continue to spread across the globe. This highly topical book examines the different instruments which are intended to protect labour rights on a transnational scale, and asks whether they make a difference. With perspectives from law, management, sociology, political science and political economy, the topics discussed include the protection of international labour rights in a globalizing economy, the EU's social dimension in its external trade relations, Asian and US perspectives on labour rights in international trade agreements, the role of (trade) unions in global labour governance and the transformative capacity of private labour governance regimes. Academics and advanced students from different disciplines will benefit from the up-to-date empirical material in this study. Policymakers, NGOs and Unions will find the discussions of the instruments used to protect labour rights of great value to their work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 14, 2015) |
| Subject |
Labor laws and legislation, International.
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Employee rights.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Employee rights
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Labor laws and legislation, International
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Marx, Axel, author.
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Wouters, Jan, editor.
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Rayp, Glenn, editor.
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Beke, Laura, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781784711467 |
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1784711462 |
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1784711454 |
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9781784711450 |
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