Shaping global industrial relations: the impact of international framework agreements

Shaping global industrial relations: the impact of international framework agreements

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This book assesses the phenomenon of international framework agreements (IFAs), examining their implementation and impact around the world as well as theirpromotion of ILO standards. This volume includes contributions from fifteen international specialists to give a comprehensive discussion of the 80-plus IFAs that existed in July 2010. KONSTANTINOS PAPADAKIS is a Research and Policy Development Specialist at the Industrial and Employment Relations Department of the ILO. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and International Law from the Graduate Instituteof International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. His research has focused on public governance, corporate social responsibility and cross-border industrialrelations. INDICE: Introduction and Overview; 'K.Papadakis - 'PART I: CROSS-BORDER SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND AGREEMENTS: PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES - The Impact of Transnational Company Agreements on Social Dialogue and Industrial Relations; 'I.Schömann - 'A Qualitative Analysis of International Framework Agreements: Implementation and Impact; 'C.Welz - 'Adopting International Framework Agreements in theRussian Federation, South Africa and Japan: Management Motivations; 'K.Papadakis - 'PART II: IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS ON THE GROUND:CASE STUDIES - Going Local with Global Policies: Implementing International Framework Agreements in Brazil and the United States; 'M.Fichter' & 'M.Helfen -'The Impacts of International Framework Agreements: Lessons from the Daimler Case; 'D.Stevis - 'Transnational Restructuring Agreements: General Overview and Specific Evidence from the European Automobile Sector; 'I.da Costa' & 'U.Rehfeldt - 'International Framework Agreements: Do Workers Benefit in a Global Banana Supply Chain?; 'P.K.Robinson - 'Global Social Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility in Outsourced Apparel Supply Chains: The Inditex Global Framework Agreement; 'D.Miller' - PART III: COMPLEMENTARY INITIATIVES - Organizing Networks and Alliances: International Unionism between the Local and the Global;' S.Davies,' 'G.Williams' & 'N.Hammer - 'Better Factories Cambodia: An Instrument for Improving Industrial Relations in a Transnational Context; 'A.Rossi' & 'R.Robertson - '

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-31426-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 328
  • Fecha Publicación: 22/09/2011
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés