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 ; Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance, and Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, KU Leuven, Belgium ; Glenn Rayp, Professor in International Economics, Department of Economics, University of Ghent, Belgium ; Laura Beke, Doctoral Researcher, KU Leuven, Belgium.
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Title
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 ; Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance, and Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Institute for International Law, KU Leuven, Belgium ; Glenn Rayp, Professor in International Economics, Department of Economics, University of Ghent, Belgium ; Laura Beke, Doctoral Researcher, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
K1705 .G582 2015
ISBN
9781784711450 (cased)
1784711454 (cased)
9781784711467 (eBook)
1784711462 (eBook)
1784711454 (cased)
9781784711467 (eBook)
1784711462 (eBook)
Description
xi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)934475887
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
List of contributors
ix
1.
Protecting labour rights in a globalizing world: an introduction / Glenn Rayp
1
2.
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 73countries / Wouter Van Acker
13
3.
EU's social dimension and its external trade relations / Samantha Velluti
42
4.
Divided we stand: the European Parliament's position on social trade in the post-Lisbon era / Lore Van den Putte
63
5.
Asian and US perspectives on labor rights under international trade agreements compared / Ronald C. Brown
83
6.
EU economic governance and labour rights: diversity and coherence in the EU, the Council of Europe and ILO instruments / Pieter Pecinovsky
118
7.
Trade unions and collective bargaining power in global labor governance / Melanie Kryst
150
8.
rapprochement of ILO standards and CSR mechanisms: towards a positive understanding of the `privatization' of international labour standards / Paul van der Heijden
170
9.
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
190
10.
On the transformative capacity of private fair labour arrangements / Ron Corvers
209
11.
Compliance opportunities and the effectiveness of private voluntary standard setting - lessons from the global banana industry / Dennis Klink
230
12.
`Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh' in response to the Rana Plaza disaster / Jimmy Donaghey
257
13.
International Labour Organization, multinational enterprises, and shifting conceptions of responsibility in the global economy / Faina Milman-Sivan
278
14.
Conclusion: which way to enforcement? / Jan Wouters
306
Index
315