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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450821203321

Autore

Mehmet Ozay

Titolo

Towards a fair global labour market : avoiding the new slave trade / / Ozay Mehmet, Errol Mendes and Robert Sinding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-283-96146-6

1-282-31997-3

9786612319976

1-134-70627-8

0-203-06837-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

Altri autori (Persone)

MendesErrol

SindingRobert <1970->

Disciplina

331.12

Soggetti

Labor policy - International cooperation

Labor laws and legislation, International

Foreign trade and employment

Investments, Foreign, and employment

International trade - Moral and ethical aspects

Wages - Effect of international trade on

Employee rights

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TOWARDS A FAIR GLOBAL LABOUR MARKET; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART IThe emerging global labour market; 1 The emerging global labour market: myth or reality?; 2 The new global assembly line: winners and losers; 3 Regulating the global labour market: the effectiveness of the ILO and the WTO; PART IIInternational regulation of goods, services and labour: from soft law to hard law; 4 Rationales for labour market regulation; 5 Converging objectives: regulating international trade and the global labour market

PART IIIFairness in the global labour market: trade-offs and joint



gains6 Static analysis of the role of labour standards in national competitiveness; 7 Dynamic factors affecting the role of labour standards in national competitiveness; 8 Cultural relativism and human rights: the debate over labour standards and 'Asian values'; PART IVConclusions; 9 Towards a rule-based global labour market; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book answers the question of how to maintain effective labour regulation as the market for labour moves towards globalization. This issue is addressed from legal, economic, social and cultural perspectives. The authors consider the effects of free trade and investment, with and without labour standards, on employment, competitiveness, wages and working conditions in the global economy. Deriving and analysing policy options, they seek ways in which principles of labour regulation can operate at an international level. The work concludes with a call for a rule-based global trading system in