Flagging Standards Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea

Name: Flagging Standards Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea
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ISBN: 9780262042345

ISBN-10: 0262042347

ISBN-13: 9780262042345

Edition: 2006

Authors: Elizabeth R. DeSombre

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'Flagging Standards' examines the relationship between globalisation and environmental, safety, and labour standards in the context of the shipping industry and explores the extent to which international competition affects regulatory standards.

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/29/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 308
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210

Elizabeth R. DeSombre is Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Wellesley College. She is the author of Flagging Standards: Globalization and Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea (MIT Press, 2006) and other books.



Acknowledgments



Introduction: International Standards at Sea



Globalization, Competition, and Convergence: Racing to the Middle?



Exclusion as Incentive: The Power of Clubs



Ships and States: The Evolution of Flags of Convenience



Port State Control



The International Transport Workers Federation and Labor Standards



Regional Fisheries Management Organizations and Trade Restrictions



Industry Self-Governance



Ships, States, and Sovereignty


Appendixes


References


Index