Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy
This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.
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Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy
This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.
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Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

by Robert J. Flanagan
Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

by Robert J. Flanagan

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This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195306002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/20/2006
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Stanford University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Labor Conditions Around the World3. Economic Development and Labor Conditions4. Trade and Labor Conditions5. International Migration and Labor Conditions6. Multinational Corporations and Labor Conditions7. National and International Labor Regulation8. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
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