In Labor Embattled, David Brody, one of the most influential and insightful practitioners of our ... more In Labor Embattled, David Brody, one of the most influential and insightful practitioners of our craft, brings together nine essays on the history and contemporary plight of trade unionism in the US. Key for Brody is the decay of workers’ rights under modern labor law, and his insight on how workers might recapture their capacity for effective collective action is essential reading for all labor scholars. The following symposium reflects how central the crisis of contemporary labor has become for leading scholars. Thanks go to John Logan of the London School of Economics for suggesting the symposium and taking the lead in organizing it.
... They were more its most politically visible constituents, interesting and sometimes effi-caci... more ... They were more its most politically visible constituents, interesting and sometimes effi-cacious, but ... Public choice argu-ments reject the state as the central unit of analysis ... in the subjects of international trade; international finance; gender; development, foreign aid; East Asia ...
The article examines the origins of the Global Labour Journal (GLJ) and its goal of broadening la... more The article examines the origins of the Global Labour Journal (GLJ) and its goal of broadening labour studies. It shows how, over the past decade, the GLJ has recorded and analysed the forms of action and organisation that fall outside the traditional focus of labour studies. Through a range of careful case studies, the Journal has made an important contribution to the growing field of global labour studies. The two topics that have been the focus of most attention across all types of submissions have been: 1) precarious work and new forms of labour struggles; and 2) international trade unionism or transnational/global labour. The Journal has been successful in giving a platform to content from the Global South, but it is uneven and limited. Another major limitation is the failure to bridge the divide between the big questions raised in the Marx/Polanyi debates during the early phase of the Journal with the more concrete accounts of labour rediscovering its power on the periphery of...
The failure of wealthy corporations and individuals to pay their share of tax shifts the burden t... more The failure of wealthy corporations and individuals to pay their share of tax shifts the burden to less-well-off citizens, or results in programmes and services being terminated or underfunded. This paper is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues surrounding corporate and elite tax abuse. It begins with some preliminary definitions and makes a suggestion that using a term such as “tax abuse” helps to focus on the implications of tax manipulation, whether it is legal or illegal. Part One looks at the general issue of corporate and individual tax abuse. Corporate activity primarily takes the form of profit shifting, where companies organise their activity to show profit in low-tax jurisdictions. Individual abuse takes the form of asset transferring, where wealth and income is transferred to or hidden in low-tax areas. Part Two focuses upon the issue in developing countries. Drawing examples primarily from Africa, the operation of tax havens, investment routing and transfer pricing are highlighted. Reform measures enacted to deal with these problems are considered, as are the lessons from these experiments. The concluding section raises some points for general discussion.
Labour and globalisation: results and prospects, Jan 1, 2004
... Canada. Page 72. 54 Labour and Globalisation that involves state and non-stateactors. Unequal... more ... Canada. Page 72. 54 Labour and Globalisation that involves state and non-stateactors. Unequal ... union groups. Such activity is part of a civil society campaign to'Think Globally and Punish Locally'(Rodman, 1998). It has ...
In recent decades the liberalization of trade and other international economic activity has been ... more In recent decades the liberalization of trade and other international economic activity has been accompanied by an expansion of international regulation. Indeed, a sound regulatory framework is a necessary component of such liberalization. This regulation has taken ...
... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). RODMAN, KA (1998) Think globally, punishlocally: nons... more ... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). RODMAN, KA (1998) Think globally, punishlocally: nonstate actors, multinational corporations and human rights sanctions. Ethics & International Affairs, 12, 1941. SCHOLTE, JA (2002 ...
Review of International Political Economy, Jan 1, 2000
Workers are virtually invisible in the study of International Political Economy. A mid-1990s surv... more Workers are virtually invisible in the study of International Political Economy. A mid-1990s survey (Denemark and O'Brien, 1997) of IPE at over 200 UK and US universities revealed that not a single respondent offered a course dedicated to labour issues. Although the six ...
In Labor Embattled, David Brody, one of the most influential and insightful practitioners of our ... more In Labor Embattled, David Brody, one of the most influential and insightful practitioners of our craft, brings together nine essays on the history and contemporary plight of trade unionism in the US. Key for Brody is the decay of workers’ rights under modern labor law, and his insight on how workers might recapture their capacity for effective collective action is essential reading for all labor scholars. The following symposium reflects how central the crisis of contemporary labor has become for leading scholars. Thanks go to John Logan of the London School of Economics for suggesting the symposium and taking the lead in organizing it.
... They were more its most politically visible constituents, interesting and sometimes effi-caci... more ... They were more its most politically visible constituents, interesting and sometimes effi-cacious, but ... Public choice argu-ments reject the state as the central unit of analysis ... in the subjects of international trade; international finance; gender; development, foreign aid; East Asia ...
The article examines the origins of the Global Labour Journal (GLJ) and its goal of broadening la... more The article examines the origins of the Global Labour Journal (GLJ) and its goal of broadening labour studies. It shows how, over the past decade, the GLJ has recorded and analysed the forms of action and organisation that fall outside the traditional focus of labour studies. Through a range of careful case studies, the Journal has made an important contribution to the growing field of global labour studies. The two topics that have been the focus of most attention across all types of submissions have been: 1) precarious work and new forms of labour struggles; and 2) international trade unionism or transnational/global labour. The Journal has been successful in giving a platform to content from the Global South, but it is uneven and limited. Another major limitation is the failure to bridge the divide between the big questions raised in the Marx/Polanyi debates during the early phase of the Journal with the more concrete accounts of labour rediscovering its power on the periphery of...
The failure of wealthy corporations and individuals to pay their share of tax shifts the burden t... more The failure of wealthy corporations and individuals to pay their share of tax shifts the burden to less-well-off citizens, or results in programmes and services being terminated or underfunded. This paper is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues surrounding corporate and elite tax abuse. It begins with some preliminary definitions and makes a suggestion that using a term such as “tax abuse” helps to focus on the implications of tax manipulation, whether it is legal or illegal. Part One looks at the general issue of corporate and individual tax abuse. Corporate activity primarily takes the form of profit shifting, where companies organise their activity to show profit in low-tax jurisdictions. Individual abuse takes the form of asset transferring, where wealth and income is transferred to or hidden in low-tax areas. Part Two focuses upon the issue in developing countries. Drawing examples primarily from Africa, the operation of tax havens, investment routing and transfer pricing are highlighted. Reform measures enacted to deal with these problems are considered, as are the lessons from these experiments. The concluding section raises some points for general discussion.
Labour and globalisation: results and prospects, Jan 1, 2004
... Canada. Page 72. 54 Labour and Globalisation that involves state and non-stateactors. Unequal... more ... Canada. Page 72. 54 Labour and Globalisation that involves state and non-stateactors. Unequal ... union groups. Such activity is part of a civil society campaign to'Think Globally and Punish Locally'(Rodman, 1998). It has ...
In recent decades the liberalization of trade and other international economic activity has been ... more In recent decades the liberalization of trade and other international economic activity has been accompanied by an expansion of international regulation. Indeed, a sound regulatory framework is a necessary component of such liberalization. This regulation has taken ...
... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). RODMAN, KA (1998) Think globally, punishlocally: nons... more ... Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). RODMAN, KA (1998) Think globally, punishlocally: nonstate actors, multinational corporations and human rights sanctions. Ethics & International Affairs, 12, 1941. SCHOLTE, JA (2002 ...
Review of International Political Economy, Jan 1, 2000
Workers are virtually invisible in the study of International Political Economy. A mid-1990s surv... more Workers are virtually invisible in the study of International Political Economy. A mid-1990s survey (Denemark and O'Brien, 1997) of IPE at over 200 UK and US universities revealed that not a single respondent offered a course dedicated to labour issues. Although the six ...
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