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Marx, Axel; Wouters, Jan; Rayp, Glenn; Beke, Laura --- "Global Governance of Labour Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) [2015] ELECD 1479

Editor(s): Marx, Axel; Wouters, Jan; Rayp, Glenn; Beke, Laura

Title: Global Governance of Labour Rights

Sub-title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Public and Private Policy Initiatives

Series: Leuven Global Governance series

Topics: Human Rights; Labour, Employment Law; Regulation and Governance

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 27 November 2015

Number of pages: 352

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784711450

EISBN: 9781784711467

Abstract/Description:

Stories and images of collapsed factories, burned down sweatshops, imprisoned migrant workers, child workers and many other violations of internationally recognized labour rights continue to spread across the globe. This highly topical book examines the different instruments which are intended to protect labour rights on a transnational scale, and asks whether they make a difference.

With perspectives from law, management, sociology, political science and political economy, the topics discussed include the protection of international labour rights in a globalizing economy, the EU’s social dimension in its external trade relations, Asian and US perspectives on labour rights in international trade agreements, the role of (trade) unions in global labour governance and the transformative capacity of private labour governance regimes.

Academics and advanced students from different disciplines will benefit from the up-to-date empirical material in this study. Policymakers, NGOs and Unions will find the discussions of the instruments used to protect labour rights of great value to their work.