Global Unions or Business Organizations and Corporate Law

Global Unions?: Theory and Strategies of Organised Labour in the Global Political Economy

Author: Jeffrey Harrod

This collection examines the interaction between industrial relations and international relations in the global economy. The role of trade unions has changed significantly in the era of economic globalisation and this book analyses the key developments in union strategy on a local, national, regional and global level.

Table of Contents:

	List of illustrations
	Notes on contributors
	Series editors' preface
	Acknowledgements
	List of abbreviations
Pt. I	International political economy and organized labour: approaches and theories	1
1	Organized labour and the global political economy	3
2	Work, production and social relations: repositioning the firm in the international political economy	29
3	Towards an international political economy of labour	49
4	Internationalization, industrial relations theory and international relations	64
Pt. II	National and regional strategies	81
5	Organizing globally, organizing locally: union spatial strategy in a global economy	83
6	Trade unions, globalization and training: initiatives in Britain and Brazil	100
7	The international dimension of labour federation economic strategy in Canada and the United States 1947-2000	115
8	Unions, capitals and states: competing (inter)nationalisms in North American and European integration	130
9	International labour and regional integration in the Asia-Pacific	151
Pt. III	The global arena: unions and global dynamics	165
10	The constraints on labour internationalism: contradictions and prospects	167
11	Labour movement renewal in the era of globalization: union responses in the South	185
12	Peripheralizing labour: the ILO, WTO and the completion of the Bretton Woods project	204
13	The varied paths to minimum global labour standards	221
14	Labour as a global social force: past divisions and new tasks	235
	Bibliography	251
	Index	277

Interesting textbook: Istituzioni, cambiamento istituzionale e risultato economico

Business Organizations and Corporate Law

Author: Neal R Bevans

Business Organizations and Corporate Law is a book designed to provide reference for the training and practicing paralegal professional in the realm of business organizations. The unique perspective of this text was created specifically with the reader in mind and focuses on being accessible and paralegal centered. There is a strong emphasis on the role of the paralegal in helping to create different business organizations, and the focus is on building a strong foundation on theory followed up with reinforcing practical examples and applications. The text explores the basic concepts of business from sole proprietorships to corporations, and also addresses some of the more mystifying concepts such as shareholder agreements and business judgment rule. There are objectives at the beginning of each chapter to clarify the goal of the chapter, and important terms are bolded and defined upon first use in order to highlight legal terminology. Ethical blocks were created to encourage examination of ethical issues throughout the book, and there are many case excerpts included to lead to a more thorough exploration of business law issues. Not only are the various models of business organizations explored, but also the critical role played by the paralegal and the legal team in creating and maintaining those organizations. This along with a clear balance between theory and application as well as multiple learning tools, makes Business Organizations and Corporate Law the ideal reference.