Tamara Kay

NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

When NAFTA went into effect in 1994, many feared it would intensify animosity among North American unions, lead to the scapegoating of Mexican workers and immigrants, and eclipse any possibility for cross-border labor cooperation. But far from polarizing workers, NAFTA unexpectedly helped stimulate labor transnationalism among key North American unions and erode union policies and discourses rooted in racism. The emergence of labor transnationalism in North America presents compelling political and sociological puzzles: how did NAFTA, the concrete manifestation of globalization processes in North America, help deepen labor solidarity on the continent? In addition to making the provocative argument that global governance institutions can play a pivotal role in the development of transnational social movements, this book suggests that globalization need not undermine labor movements: collectively, unions can help shape how the rules governing the global economy are made.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139063180
• Artikelnr.: 52957719

Autorenporträt

Tamara Kay is Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, Massachusetts 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 - particularly labor and environmental movements, NGOs, and non-profits - respond and adapt to processes of regional economic integration and globalization. Professor Kay has published in the American Journal of Sociology and the American Sociological Review. She has worked as a consultant to the International Labour Organization, the American Center for International Labor Solidarity, and the United Farmworkers of America. At Harvard, she has affiliations with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: NAFTA and labor transnationalism
Part I. The Emergence of Transnationalism: 2. Labor nationalism: diplomacy and distance among unions prior to NAFTA
3. NAFTA as catalyst: constituting transnational actors and interests
4. Constituting transnational labor rights
5. Seizing the opportunity NAFTA provided
Part II. Variations in Transnationalism: 6. Missing the opportunity NAFTA provided
7. Explaining variation in the emergence of labor transnationalism
Part III. Conclusions: 8. Global governance and labor transnationalism.