Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley Blackwell Imprint, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 300 pages)
• Disciplina: 331.12
• Soggetto topico: Foreign trade and employment; Globalization; Industrial relations; International labor activities; Labor movement; Labor unions
• Persona (resp. second.): WillsJane; WatermanPeter
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms. Introduction: Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms: Beyond the Fragments? / Peter Waterman, Jane Wills -- New Developments in Trade Union Internationalism. Trade Union Internationalism in the Age of Seattle / Peter Waterman -- Southern Unionism and the New Labour Internationalism / Rob Lambert, Eddie Webster -- Rethinking the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and its Inter-American Regional Organization / Kjeld Jakobsen -- Transnational Capital, Urban Globalisation and Cross-Border Solidarity: The Case of the South African Municipal Workers / Franco Barchiesi -- Labor Internationalism and the Contradictions of Globalization: Or, Why the Local is Sometimes Still Important in a Global Economy / Andrew Herod -- New Issues for Labour Internationalism. World Trade and Workers' Rights: In Search of an Internationalist Position / Rohini Hensman -- NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement and International Labor Solidarity / Lance Compa -- European Integration and Industrial Relations: A Case of Variable Geometry? / Richard Hyman -- Uneven Geographies of Capital and Labour: The Lessons of European Works Councils / Jane Wills -- Women Workers and the Promise of Ethical Trade in the Globalised Garment Industry: A Serious Beginning? / Angela Hale, Linda Shaw -- Propositions on Trade Unions and Informal Employment in Times of Globalisation / Dan Gallin -- A Manifesto Against Femicide / Melissa Wright -- Union Responses to Mass Immigration: The Case of Miami, USA / Bruce Nissen, Guillermo Grenier -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: New interest in labour and union internationalism has developed over the last 10-15 years. This collection, co-edited by scholars from an older and younger generation, is a very original attempt to grapple with the challenges of globalisation for labor. The collection includes contributions from academics and activists based in the North and South.
• Titolo autorizzato: Place, Space and the New Labour Internationalisms
• ISBN: 1-4443-9750-8; 1-4443-9752-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877858503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II