ABSTRACT
This edited collection examines the interaction between industrial relations and international relations in the global economy. The role of trade unions has changed significantly in the era of economic globalization and this book analyzes the key developments in union strategy on a local, national, regional and global level.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|79 pages
International Political Economy and Organized Labour
chapter 2|20 pages
Work, Production and Social Relations
Repositioning the Firm in the International Political Economy
part II|84 pages
National and regional Strategies
chapter 5|17 pages
Organizing Globally, Organizing Locally
Union Spatial Strategy in a Global Economy
chapter 8|21 pages
Unions, Capitals and States
Competing (Inter)Nationalisms in North American and European Integration
part III|86 pages
The Global Arena:
chapter 12|17 pages
Peripheralizing Labour
The ILO, WTO and the Completion of the Bretton Woods Project
