Country-Specific Case Studies
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Bercusson, Brian & Estlund, Cynthia. Regulating Labour in the Wake of Globalisation: New Challenges, New Institutions. Oxford and Portland, Oregon (Hart Publishing, 2008)
Abstract:
This edited volume comprises eleven substantive chapters and a short but richly detailed introductory chapter by labor relations scholars from Europe and North America. The Editors pose the overarching question of where regulatory efforts should be centered in an era in which capital, product and labor mobility mean that neither government regulation nor collective bargaining have the power they once did. Should the locus of regulation be downward to smaller units of governance or firms themselves, "upward" to transnational institutions, or even "outward" to NGOs? The articles, by leading experts such as Harry Arthurs, Simon Deakin, Keith Ewing, Bob Hepple, Katherine Stone, and others, describe different contemporary scenarios in corporate self-regulation, transnational labor monitoring, employment contracts, privatization, transnational governance, and cross-border trade unions. Together they examine the efficacy and democratic legitimacy of different forms of regulation, the goals and values underlying regulatory approaches, and possibilities for new directions in regulatory reform. This book is an insightful, detailed, very well informed overview of what is at stake in, and what are the possibilities for, the immediate and long term future of labor regulation.
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Gross A., James, Ed.. Workers' Rights as Human Rights (ILR Press, 2003)
Abstract:
This collected volume, edited by James A. Gross, approaches various questions of US labor relations law from an international human rights perspective. Representing both labor and employer views, these authors debate such issues such: whether US labor law violates ILO core labor standards; whether human rights are in fact universal; what should be done to bring US labor law into conformity with international human rights standards; and whether health and safety protections ought be included in international core labor regimes. Other contributors claim that the efforts of workers themselves—through increased transnational solidarity and labor/community alliances—hold the secret to the advancement of workers rights. In sum, each chapter of the volume offers a variant perspective on the intersection between US labor law and human rights. This book contains contributions by: James A. Gross, Lance Compa, Lee Swepston, Emily A. Spieler, Edward E. Potter, Thomas B. Moorhead, Roy J. Adams, James Atleson, Linda A. Lotz, Reverend Jim Lewis.
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Pranab Bardham & Samuel Bowles & Michael Wallerstein. Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution (Princeton University Press, 2006)
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This collection addresses the impact of globalization on the capacity and political will of nations to pursue egalitarian domestic policies. Essays explore the impact of global pressures on domestic dynamics such as collective bargaining, social policy formation, social insurance, tax policy, and immigration policy. The essays also compare the impact of globalization on rich, poor, and middle income countries. They include specific discussions of the United States, the European Union, the Nordic countries, and Australia as well as large multi-nation empirical comparisons. Contributors include Keith Banting, Pranab Bardham, Carles Boix, Samuel Bowles, Minsik Choi, Richard Johnston, Covadonga Meseguer Yebra, Karl Ove Moene, Layna Mosley, Clause Offe, Ugo Pageno, Adam Przeworski, Kenneth Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, Stuart Soroka, and Michael Wallerstein.
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