Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy
- ISBN-10
- 0190294280
- ISBN-13
- 9780190294281
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-07-20
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Robert J. Flanagan
Description
This book explains how three major mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies have altered working conditions and labor rights around the world during the late 20th century. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book finds that trade, migration, and multinational companies are associated with improvements in world labor conditions.
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