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Flagging standards : globalization and environmental, safety, and labor regulations at sea / Elizabeth R. DeSombre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeSombre, Elizabeth R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shipping--Government policy.
- Shipping.
- Shipping--Standards.
- Globalization.
- Competition.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 308 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the relationship between globalization and environmental, safety, and labor standards in the context of the shipping industry and explores the extent to which international competition affects regulatory standards.
- Contents:
- Introduction: international standards at sea
- Globalization, competition, and convergence: racing to the middle?
- Exclusion as incentive: the power of clubs
- Ships and states: the evolution of flags of convenience
- Port state control
- The International Transport Workers Federation and labor standards
- Regional fisheries management organizations and trade restrictions
- Industry self-governance
- Ships, states, and sovereignty.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09784-9
- 9786612097843
- 0-262-27161-3
- 1-4294-1868-0
- OCLC:
- 77521549
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