Global Labour University

Book Series Labor and Globalization

Globalization is a major challenge for working people and their organizations. Globalization is intensifying competition among workers around the world, undermining working conditions in many places. Adequate responses to this challenge require rigorous scientific research.

The book series includes reports on the impact of globalization, particularly on vulnerable workers and smallholder farms, their resistance, and policy options at various levels to address decent work deficits. It is a forum for outstanding dissertations as well as other excellent monographs, research reports and edited volumes from the global multidisciplinary network of nine partner universities on four continents with trade union collaborations, the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD).

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Previous Volumes

Volume 32: Work in the Supply Chain Decent Work

 Dr. İsmail Doğa Karatepe, Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/work-in-the-supply-chain-gr-978-3-7560-3050-7 

Work in the Supply Chain: Decent Work Deficits in Ports and on Ships

Volume 31: Global Framework Agreements

Dr. Janine Walter

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/global-framework-agreements-gr-978-3-7560-2279-3

Global Framework Agreements:  A global approach to enforcing international labour standards in emerging economies?

Volume 30: Negotiating Tenure Rights

Prof. Dr. Akua O. Britwum, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schultz

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/negotiating-tenure-rights-gr-978-3-7560-1820-8 

Negotiating Tenure Rights: Gender and Land Commodification in Africa

Volume 28: The Prerequisites for Successful Worker Takeovers

Dr. David O’Connell

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/the-prerequisites-for-successful-worker-takeovers-and-their-implications-for-organised-labour-gr-978-3-98542-066-7 

The Prerequisites for Successful Worker Takeovers and Their Implications for Organised Labour

Volume 27: Dimensions of Precarity

Dr. Verna Dinah Viajar, M.A.

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/dimensions-of-precarity-gr-978-3-98542-049-0 

Dimensions of Precarity: Spaces, Constraints, and Tensions in Organizing Migrant Domestic Workers in Malaysia

Volume 26: Labour Organising under Authoritarian Regimes
Volume 25: National Action Plans in the Global Governance of Business and Human Rights

 Dr. Yannick Poullie

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/national-action-plans-in-the-global-governance-of-business-and-human-rights-gr-978-3-98542-028-5

National Action Plans in the Global Governance of Business and Human Rights: The Cases of Sweden and Germany

Volume 24: Decent Work or Decent Income

Dr. Lygia Sabbag Fares, Prof. Dr. Pedro Henrique Evangelista Duarte

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/decent-work-or-decent-income-gr-978-3-98542-016-2 

Decent Work or Decent Income: ‘Corona Crisis’ Experiences

Volume 23: Labor Rights Violation in Global Supply Chains

 Dr. Nizar Shbikat (2021).

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/labor-rights-violation-in-global-supply-chains-gr-978-3-98542-011-7 

Labor Rights Violation in Global Supply Chains: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach

Volume 22: The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains

 Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer, Dr. Ismail Doga Karatepe (2021).

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/the-phantom-of-upgrading-in-agricultural-supply-chains-gr-978-3-98542-004-9  

The Phantom of Upgrading in Agricultural Supply Chains
A Cross-Country, Cross-Crop Comparison of Smallholders

Volume 21: Precarity among Tertiary Educated Civil Servants

Dr. Juana Torres Cierpe (2021).

https://www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/precarity-among-tertiary-educated-civil-servants-gr-978-3-98542-003-2

Precarity among Tertiary Educated Civil Servants: 
The Case of Chilean Honorarios

Volume 20: Assessing the Level of Self-Reliance and Livelihood of Encamped Refugees

Schön, Anna-Mara (2020).

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202008271655

Assessing the Level of Self-Reliance and Livelihood of Encamped Refugees. Syrian Refugees in Jordan. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 19: Competitive Pressures and Labour Rights

Sinaga, Hariati (2020).

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-202005181267

Competitive Pressures and Labour Rights: The Indonesian Oil Palm Plantation and Automobile Sectors. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 18: Social Security Expansion in the South

Ehmke, Ellen (2019). 

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-20191113767

Social Security Expansion in the South: From Welfare Regimes to Implementation. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 17: Integration through Exploitation

Yilmaz, Gaye; Karatepe, Ismail Doga; Tören, Tolga (Ed.) (2019).

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-20191104736

Integration through Exploitation: Syrians in Turkey. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 16: Informality and Labour Regulations in Ghana

Otoo, Kwabena Nyarko (2019).

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-20190606547

Informality and Labour Regulations in Ghana. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 15: Occupational Safety and Health Challenges in Southern Agriculture

Scherrer, Christoph; Radon, Katja (Ed.) (2019). 

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-20190409404

Occupational Safety and Health Challenges in Southern Agriculture. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 14: Institutional Framework and Dysfunctionality of the Transitional Chinese Wage Bargaining Regime

Zenglein, M. J. (2018). 

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2019010782

Institutional Framework and Dysfunctionality of the Transitional Chinese Wage Bargaining Regime. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 13: The Implementation of International and European Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Yarmolyuk-Kröck, K. (2018). 

https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2019010780

The Implementation of International and European Occupational Safety and Health Standards into the National Legislation of Ukraine. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 12: Transnational migration and international labor solidarity

Jungehülsing, Jenny (2018).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2018041755364

Transnational migration and international labour solidarity. On migrant union members’ impact on unions’ cross-border work. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 11: Decent Work Deficits in Southern Agriculture:

Scherrer, Christoph; Verma, Santosh (Ed.). (2018).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2018041755357

Decent Work Deficits in Southern Agriculture: Measurements, Drivers and Strategies. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 10: The Ends of Union Solidarity

Kip, M. E. (2017).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017090653444

The Ends of Union Solidarity: Undocumented Labour and German Trade Unions. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 9: Enforcement Instruments for Social Human Rights along Suppy Chains

Scherrer, C. (2017).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017082353301

Enforcement Instruments for Social Human Rights along Suppy Chains. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 8: Where have all the classes gone?

Oksana Balashova, Ismail Doga Karatepe, Aishah Namukasa (Eds.) (2017).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017082853327

Where have all the classes gone? A critical perspective on struggles and collective action. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 7: Pursuing a Developmental State Trade Agenda in a Neo-Liberal Context

Hachmann, Luciana (2014).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2015021047365

Pursuing a Developmental State Trade Agenda in a Neo-Liberal Context. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 6: Reforming Cooperative Credit Structure in India for Financial Inclusion

Rajeev,M., Pramanik, S. (2014).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2014112446520

Reforming Cooperative Credit Structure in India for Financial Inclusion. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 5: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Scherrer, C. (2014).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2014110746361

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Implications for Labor. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 4: Visibility and Voice for Union Women

Britwum, A., Ledwith, S. (2014).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2014111146391

Visibility and Voice for Union Women: Country case studies from Global Labour University researchers. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 3: The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatisation on Employees in Argentina and Brazil

Schmelzer-Roldán, Sarah Elisabeth (2014).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2014041145355

The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatisation on Employees in Argentina and Brazil. A Comparative Institutional Analysis. Rainer Hampp Verlag.

Volume 2: The Food Crisis

Christoph Scherrer, Debdulal Saha (Eds.) (2013).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2013082143542

The Food Crisis – Implications for Labor. Rainer Hamp Verlag.

Volume 1: Re-Framing Trade - Union Mobilisation against the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS)

Donna McGuire (2013).

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2013091843940

Re-Framing Trade – Union Mobilisation against the General Agreement on Trade in Service (GATS); Rainer Hamp Verlag. For a brief review, see: New Unionism Blog, Portal für Politikwissenschaft

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