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NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism

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ISBN-10: 0521132959

ISBN-13: 9780521132954

Edition: 2010

Authors: Tamara Kay

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List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/7/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Lisa Jones-Engel is a Senior Research Scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington. Her current research focuses on cross-species infectious agent transmission and she coordinates several multidisciplinary research projects in Asia, funded by NIH, which focus on the role synanthropic macaques play in disease transmission.Tamara Kay is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Co-Director of Harvard's Transnational Studies Initiative. Her work centers on the political and legal implications of regional economic integration, transnationalism, and global governance. She is interested in how organizations and social movements -…    

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: NAFTA and Labor Transnationalism
The Emergence of Transnationalism
Labor Nationalism: Diplomacy and Distance among Unions Prior to NAFTA
NAFTA as Catalyst: Constituting Transnational Actors and Interests
Constituting Transnational Labor Rights
Seizing the Opportunity NAFTA Provided
Variations in Transnationalism
Missing the Opportunity NAFTA Provided
Explaining Variation in the Emergence of Labor Transnationalism
Conclusions
Global Governance and Labor Transnationalism
Appendix: Data and Methods
Bibliography
Index