Globalization and Labor Conditions: Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy

by Robert J. Flanagan

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195306007
• ISBN13: 9780195306002
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"