Globalization and Labor: Democratizing Global Governance / Edition 1

by Dimitris Stevis

Overview

In this clear and compelling narrative, Dimitris Stevis and Terry Boswell explore the past accomplishments and the formidable challenges facing global union politics. Outlining the contradictions of globalization and global governance, they place this key social movement in a political economy framework as they argue that social movements can be fruitfully compared based on their emphases on egalitarianism and internationalism. Applying these concepts across time, the authors consider whether global union politics has become more active and more influential or has failed to rise to the challenge of global capitalism. All readers interested in global organizations, governance, and social movements will find this deeply informed work an essential resource.

About the Author:
Dimitris Stevis is professor in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University

About the Author:
Terry Boswell (1955-2006) was professor in the Department of Sociology at Emory University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900742537858
Publication date:	07/09/2007
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Dimitris Stevis is professor in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University. Terry Boswell (1955–2006) was professor in the Department of Sociology at Emory University.

Table of Contents

In Memoriam: Terry Boswell, 1955-2006     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
List of Abbreviations     xi
Introduction     1
Globalization and Global Governance     7
Societal Politics and Global Governance     29
Engaging Each Other, 1864-2006: The Weight of History     45
Regulating the Global State: Beyond the Social Clause?     79
Regulating Capital: Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility?     111
Conclusion: The Challenges of the Present     143
Notes     157
Selected Bibliography     195
Index     199
About the Authors     207

Editorial Reviews

This book is very well written and constructed. By basing their arguments in a political economic perspective, the authors are able to fully describe national, regional, and international governance. This book would be great for classes that wrestle with the problems and potential that globalization poses for the labor movement.

Labor Studies Journal - Jeffrey Cornelissen

This thorough and clearly written book is an essential read for those who wish to understand the dilemmas and challenges faced by trade unions and other social movements in the contemporary world. The authors analyze the range of actions and policies available to the union movement with both realism and sympathy.

Jeffrey Harrod

A significant and timely contribution that will advance the urgent debate swirling around the relationship between labor and global governance.

Robert O'Brien

Wide-ranging and authoritative, this book is one of the best available guides to trade union theory and practice in the era of globalization. Stevis and Boswell resist temptations to advocate empty radical policies and instead build carefully on current trade union and labor movement strategies to construct a viable multilevel transformative strategy. If you are to read one book on labor and global governance, this is the one!

Ronaldo Munck

This book is very well written and constructed. By basing their arguments in a political economic perspective, the authors are able to fully describe national, regional, and international governance. This book would be great for classes that wrestle with the problems and potential that globalization poses for the labor movement.--Jeffrey Cornelissen "Labor Studies Journal "

This thorough and clearly written book is an essential read for those who wish to understand the dilemmas and challenges faced by trade unions and other social movements in the contemporary world. The authors analyze the range of actions and policies available to the union movement with both realism and sympathy.--Jeffrey Harrod, ISHSS, University of Amsterdam

Wide-ranging and authoritative, this book is one of the best available guides to trade union theory and practice in the era of globalization. Stevis and Boswell resist temptations to advocate empty radical policies and instead build carefully on current trade union and labor movement strategies to construct a viable multilevel transformative strategy. If you are to read one book on labor and global governance, this is the one!--Ronaldo Munck, Dublin City University

From the Publisher

This book is very well written and constructed. By basing their arguments in a political economic perspective, the authors are able to fully describe national, regional, and international governance. This book would be great for classes that wrestle with the problems and potential that globalization poses for the labor movement.
— Jeffrey Cornelissen

Labor Studies Journal