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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791850003321

Titolo

Social regionalism in the global economy / / edited by Adelle Blackett and Christian Levesque

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-92294-6

1-136-92295-4

1-283-03823-4

9786613038234

0-203-84483-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackettAdelle <1967->

LevesqueChristian <1958->

Disciplina

307.1/2

Soggetti

Regionalism - Social aspects

Regional economics - Social aspects

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

Asymmetric integration and the restructuring of social relations in global firms : actors, institutions, and norms / Christian L'vesque and Gregor Murray -- MNC strategies and their linkages with SMEs / Clemente Ruis Duran and Jorge Carrillo -- The role of MNCs in reshaping employment relations in China / Christian L'vesque and Hu Hao -- European trade unions and EU Labour Law / Brian Bercusson -- European works councils and trade union networking : a new space for regulation and workers' solidarity in Europe? / Val'ria Pulignano -- Solidarity beyond borders? : Canadian law and trans-American union solidarity action / Pierre Verge -- Does social embeddedness still matter? : a case study in the Ghanaian mining sector / Brice Adanhounme -- The reformulation of labour law in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe / Arturo Bronstein -- Mapping the social in Caribbean regional integration / Rose-Marie Belle Antoine -- Labour reform from a regional perspective : experiences in the Americas / Graciela Bensusan -- The evolution of European social integration under globalization : some reflections on recent developments / Marie-



Ange Moreau -- The paradox of Ohada's : transnational, hard law, labour harmonization initiative / Adelle Blackett -- Trade, labor, migration : the "NAFTA corn" example / Chantal Thomas -- Putting international labour law on the (right) map / Brian Langille -- The cartography of transnational labour law : projection, scale, and symbolism / Judy Fudge.

Sommario/riassunto

Regional trade agreements have expanded exponentially over the past decade, and have become a significant, if controversial, factor in the expanse of economic globalization.  Social Regionalism in the Global Economy attempts to take a fresh, interdisciplinary approach to addressing labour regulation by drawing upon insights from industrial relations, comparative capitalism, and new governance schools of thought. It stands for the proposition that an interdisciplinary study of regional regulation holds the potential to offer a fuller account of social regionalism. Its focus is to co