Global governance of labour rights : assessing the effectiveness of transnational public and private policy initiatives / edited by Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marx, Axel, director.

Wouters, Jan, 1964- editor.

Rayp, Glenn, editor.

Beke, Laura, editor.

Series:

Leuven global governance.

Leuven global governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation, International.

Employee rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This insightful book incorporates perspectives from several disciplines to provide a unique systematic analysis of emerging public and private initiatives in global labour rights governance. The expert contributors explore the complexities of labour rights governance in a global economy characterized by transnational supply chains. They assess how transnational, intergovernmental and private initiatives aim to address the challenges of global labour rights protection before discussing the effectiveness of these initiatives and presenting new empirical findings. The book concludes with a detail

Contents:

Protecting labour rights in a globalizing world : an introduction / Axel Marx, Jan Wouters, Laura Beke, and Glenn Rayp

The protection of international labour rights : a longitudinal analysis of the protection of the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining over 30 years in 73 countries / Axel Marx, Jadir Soares and Wouter Van Acker

The EU's social dimension and its external trade relations / Samantha Velluti

Divided we stand : the European Parliament's position on social trade in the post-Lisbon era / Lore Van den Putte

Asian and US perspectives on labor rights under international trade agreements compared / Ronald C. Brown

EU economic governance and labour rights : diversity and coherence in EU, Council of Europe and ILO instruments / Frank Hendrickx and Pieter Pecinovsky

Trade unions and collective bargaining power in global labor governance / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Melanie Kryst

The rapprochement of ILO standards and CSR mechanisms : towards a positive understanding of the 'privatization' of international labour standards / Ruben Zandvliet and Paul van der Heijden

Between the dragon's gift and its claws : China in Africa and the (un)civil fostering of ILO's decent work agenda / Abdul-Gafar 'Tobi' Oshodi

On the transformative capacity of private fair labour arrangements / Ceren Pedekmir, Pieter Glasbergen and Ron Cèorvers

Compliance opportunities and the effectiveness of private voluntary standard setting : lessons from the global banana industry / Dennis Klink

The 'Accord for fire and building safety in Bangladesh in response to the Rana Plaza disaster / Juliane Reinecke and Jimmy Donaghey

The International Labour Organization, multinational enterprises, and shifting conceptions of responsibility in the global economy / Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan

Conclusion : which way to enforcement? / Glenn Rayp, Axel Marx, and Jan Wouters.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78471-146-2