Meardi, Guglielmo and Marginson, Paul (2014) Global labour governance : potential and limits of an emerging perspective. Work, Employment & Society, Volume 28 (Number 4). pp. 651-662. doi:10.1177/0950017014534007 ISSN 0950-0170.

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Abstract

The article addresses the meaning and relevance of the recently emerged idea of ‘global labour governance’. Increasingly influential in policy, it has been criticized for political and theoretical reasons, including the risk of normative ideological uses. The article suggests that labour studies should nonetheless engage, theoretically and empirically, with the issue and the perspective of ‘global labour governance’. This is because of its growing political importance and for the attention it brings to still understudied issues of ‘multi-level’ dynamics, ‘networks’ and ‘reflexivity’. Systematic analysis of governance alternatives is needed. The traditions of the sociology of work and industrial relations can contribute to this analysis through their elaboration on informality, sectoral differences and collective action, as well as by problematizing the idea of ‘effectiveness’.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Journal or Publication Title:	Work, Employment & Society
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0950-0170
Official Date:	August 2014
Dates:	Date Event August 2014 Published
Volume:	Volume 28
Number:	Number 4
Page Range:	pp. 651-662
DOI:	10.1177/0950017014534007
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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