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Dissertation
Re-Framing Trade
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2013)
Given the substantial and increasing encroachment of trade agreements into almost every aspect of economic
and social life, there is a pressing need for research that provides a more coherent framework for understanding
the source and effectiveness of organised labour ’s power and capacity to influence international trade policy.
Taking the union protests against the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) as a case study, this
research uses core concepts derived from social movement theory to analyse the ...
Dissertation
The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatisation on Employees in Argentina and Brazil
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
This book investigates country-specific responses to privatisation by examining two
of the most important Latin American examples of the 1990s, the Argentine and the
Brazilian programmes, and one essential public service sector, electricity. In doing
so, it aims to: identify the impact of privatisation on electricity sector employees
in Argentina and Brazil during the 1990s; explore how the impact came about; and
analyse the reasons for this impact. A multi-dimensional perspective provides a
comparative analysis ...
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Zukunft der Wirtschaft
(Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 2001)
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
The United States of America and the European Union are currently negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). It is one of the most ambitious free trade and investment initiatives, going much further than eliminating tariffs. TTIP mainly aims at reducing “non-tariff barriers”. While tariffs on goods have been imposed with an eye to foreign competition, most of the non-tariff barriers are the laws and regulations that are the result of social struggles for the protection of consumers and ...
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Visibility and Voice for Union Women
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
A new collection of Case studies about gender and trade unions in nine countries, ranging from Turkey to India, Brazil to Africa, the Philippines and New Zealand. Researched and written by insider/outsider union activists and officers, the book is the culmination of five years of collaborative research by the Global Labour University Gender and Trade Unions Research Group.
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China's Labor Question
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2011)
The Honda workers’ strike in 2010 attracted world wide attention. It was one of thousands of labor disputes that happen every year in China, but it was the first major calling for the right of workers to represent themselves in collective bargaining. The question of representation is therefore the main topic of the book. The various contributors to this volume share the view that the Chinese party-state takes the protest against social inequality seriously. It has enacted many laws aimed at channeling dissatisfaction ...
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The Pursuit of Alternatives
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2012)
Stories of peoples’ struggles across the globe are testaments to their determination to resist exploitation and injustice, and to imagine and construct their own narratives of economic and political difference. These stories of emancipatory moments demonstrate that something radically different in terms of dominant socio-economic relations and mental conceptions of the world may arise out of and beyond capitalism. The Pursuit of Alternatives: Stories of Peoples’ Economic and Political Struggles Around the World ...
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The Food Crisis: Implications for Labor
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2013)
Food prices have gone up to prohibitive levels for many of the world’s poor. The vast majority of those who are hungry in the world today are working in agriculture, either as small landholders or as waged agricultural workers. The majority of the food producers have not benefited from rising prices. Apparently, the bargaining power of many producers, just as that of the end consumers, has been weakened vis-à-vis the buyers and retailers of agricultural produce. This powerlessness is also in the face of governments ...
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Reforming Cooperative Credit Structure in India for Financial Inclusion
(Rainer Hampp Verlag, München, Mering, 2014)
In the drive for financial inclusion in India, cooperative banks assume prime importance as they are much more accessible to the rural poor than commercial
banks. While more accessible, cooperative banks' financial health is rather poor and,
therefore, might not be able to serve the needy in a sustained manner. A committee
led by Prof. Vaidyanathan has outlined a revival package for cooperatives. Besides
suggesting an infusion of funds, it called for the adherence to certain stringent
norms to ensure the financial ...
Working paper
Second Generation Pakistanis in the UK from 1994 to 2005
(2009-09-11)
In spite of being the second largest immigrant group in the United Kingdom, Pakistanis are still one of the most disadvantaged immigrant groups with respect to labour market integration. Hence, dealing with their labour market integration is the first step to improve it. This paper compares second generation Pakistanis in the United Kingdom with their British peers and analyses, whether the gap between the two ethnicities with respect to labour market integration decreased or not. Both groups in the analysis were ...