Table of Contents

Part 1: Reworking the International Division of Labour 1. Power, Conflict and the Production of the Global Economy Marcus Taylor 2. Globalisation and the Uneven Subsumption of Labour under Capital in Russia Simon Clarke 3. Making the ‘Workshop of the World’: China and the International Division of Labour Étienne Cantin and Marcus Taylor Part 2: Commodity Chains, Labour Standards and Corporate Social Responsibility 4. Restructuring and Conflict in the Global Athletic Footwear Industry: Nike, Yue Yuen and Labour Codes of Conduct Jeroen Merk 5. Offshore Production, Labour Standards and Collective Organisation in the Globalizing U.S. Garment Industry Étienne Cantin 6. Corporate Social Responsibility and Labour Market Discipline: Contesting Social Reproduction in Low-Wage America Ryan Foster Part 3: Global Finance and Socially Responsible Investing 7. Pension Fund Capitalism, Pension Fund Socialism, and Dissent from Investment Paul Langley 8. Imposing Social Responsibility?: Pension Funds and the New Politics of Development Finance Susanne Soederberg Part 4: New Directions in Labour Organising 9. Challenging Labour Market Flexibilisation: Union and Community-Based Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa Marlea Clarke 10. After the Collapse: Workers and Social Conflict in Argentina Viviana Patroni 11. Globalisation, Contestation and Labour Internationalism: A Transformationalist Perspective Ronaldo Munck