The International Defense of Workers: Labor Rights, U.S. Trade Agreements, and State Sovereignty - Couverture souple

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Middlebrook, Kevin J.

 
9780231213431: The International Defense of Workers: Labor Rights, U.S. Trade Agreements, and State Sovereignty
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0231213433 ISBN 13 : 9780231213431
Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2024

Synopsis

International trade agreements have often been criticized for limited attention to the rights of workers. The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), a side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), stands out for linking labor rights provisions to a U.S. trade agreement. Kevin J. Middlebrook provides a comprehensive and systematic examination of the NAALC, assessing its efficacy in protecting workers' rights over the entire period it was in effect and demonstrating its broader significance for the role of trade and labor standards in U.S. foreign policy.

Placing the NAALC in comparative context, Middlebrook considers various ways of promoting workers' rights and how other U.S. international trade agreements have influenced labor rights abroad. He investigates the origins of the agreement; the political controversies among Canada, Mexico, and the United States over its scope; how the agreement operated in practice; and its longer-term policy legacies. Middlebrook emphasizes the tension between state sovereignty and the international promotion of labor rights in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements, as well as how labor movements in one partner country can galvanize action in others.

Drawing on interviews with high-level officials involved in the trade negotiations and previously unexamined primary sources, The International Defense of Workers is a groundbreaking analysis of the effects of U.S. trade agreements on labor rights.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kevin J. Middlebrook (1950-2022) was professor of Latin American politics at the Institute of the Americas, University College London. His books include The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico (1995) and Organized Labour and Politics in Mexico: Changes, Continuities, and Contradictions (2012).

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Éditeur
Columbia University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0231213433
ISBN 13 
9780231213431
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
592
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ISBN 10 :  0231213425 ISBN 13 :  9780231213424
Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2024
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