Transnational Activism, Global Labor Governance, and China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book explores rising labor unrest in China as it integrates into the global political economy. The book highlights the tensions present between China's efforts to internationalize and accept claims to respect freedom of association rights, and its continuing insistence on a restrictive, and often punitive, approach to worker organizations. The author examines how the global labor movement can support the improvement of working conditions in Chinese factories. The book presents a novel multi-level approach capturing how trade unions and labor rights NGOs have mobilized along different pathways while attempting to influence labor standards in Chinese supply chains since 1989: within the ILO, within the European Union, leveraging global brands or directly supporting domestic labor rights NGOs. Based on extensive fieldwork in Europe, the US and China, the book shows that activists, by operating at multiple scales, were on some occasions able to support improvements over time. It also indicates how a politically and economically strong state such as China can affect transnational labor activism, by directly and indirectly undermining the opportunities that organized civil societies have to participate in the evolving global labor governance architecture.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Non-Governmental Public Action
Release date:	2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Sabrina Zajak
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	286
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-95021-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-349-95021-1
Barcode:	9781349950218

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