附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Global Dimensions -- 1. An Emerging Agenda for Trade Unions? / Richard Hyman -- 2. The ICFTU and the World Economy : A Historical Perspective / Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick -- 3. Globalisation, Imperialism and the Labour Standards Debate / Robert O'Brien -- 4. Towards Global Networked Unions / Eric Lee -- Part II: Spatial Dimensions -- 5. Re-Scaling Trade Union Organisation : Lessons from the European Front Line / Jane Wills -- 6. Australia and Beyond : Targeting Rio Tinto / James Goodman -- 7. International Solidarity and Labour in South Africa / Roger Southall and Andries Bezuidenhout -- 8. Labour and NAFTA : Nationalist Reflexes and Transnational Imperatives in North America, 1991-1995 / John D. French -- Part III: Social Dimensions -- 9. Beyond Unions : Labour and Codes of Conduct / Linda Shaw -- 10. Globalisation and Child Labour : Protection, Liberation or Anti-Capitalism? / Michael Lavalette and Steve Cunningham -- 11. Globalisation, Trade Unionism and Solidarity : Further Reflections on the Liverpool Dock Lockout / Jane Kennedy and Michael Lavalette -- 12. Globalisation and Trade Union Strategy : Evidence from the International Civil Aviation Industry / Paul Blyton [and others].
摘要: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 diffe.
