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

• Autore: Mehmet Ozay
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.12
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: MendesErrol SindingRobert <1970->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Towards a fair global labour market
• ISBN: 1-134-70626-X; 1-283-96146-6; 1-282-31997-3; 9786612319976; 1-134-70627-8; 0-203-06837-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825380803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy