NAFTA and the politics of labor transnationalism [electronic resource] / Tamara Kay.

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"How did NAFTA catalyze solidarity among U.S., Canadian, and Mexican unions? By showing how transnational laws and governance institutions constrain and expand transnational social movements, this book argues that, collectively, unions can help shape how the rules governing the global economy are ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Main Author: Kay, Tamara, 1971-
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Subjects:
North American Free Trade Agreement > (1992 December 17)
Labor unions > North America.
Social movements > North America.
Transnationalism.
Online Access:
eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost) - North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: NAFTA and labor transnationalism
  • Part I. 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
  • Part II. Variations in Transnationalism: Missing the opportunity NAFTA provided; Explaining variation in the emergence of labor transnationalism
  • Part III. Conclusions: Global governance and labor transnationalism.