Globalizations of Organized Labour

Myconos explores the ways in which organized labour has globalized since 1945. Using two 'touchstone' indicators - the extent of cross-border integration, and the autonomy vis-a-vis the state - the book reveals a counterintuitive process: network globalization involves a continuing orientation towards the state. The book not only seeks to identify organized labour's trajectory on the macro plane, but also to provide a more precise meaning of the term 'globalization' as it relates to agency.

Acknowledgements Common Abbreviations Introduction PART I: 1945-72; PREVAILING STRUCTURAL IMPERATIVES 1945-72 - Internal Change; Antagonism, and Shallow Integration 1945-72 - External Change; Incorporation and Statist Internationalism PART II: 1972-89; PREVAILING STRUCTURAL IMPERATIVES 1972-89 - Internal Change; Expansion and Uneasy Integration 1972-89 - External Change; From Incorporation to Partial Disengagement PART III: 1989-2004; PREVAILING STRUCTURAL IMPERATIVES 1989-2004 - Internal Change; Consolidation and Integration 1989-2004 - External Change; Eviction and Insinuation Conclusion: The Past and Future of Globalizations of Organized Labour Endnotes Bibliography Index