Global governance of labour rights : assessing the effectiveness of transnational public and private policy initiatives / edited by Axel Marx, Jan Wouters, Glen Rayp, Laura Beke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Protecting labour rights in a globalizing world : an introduction / Axel Marx ... [et al.] -- 2. The protection of international labour rights : a longitudinal analysis of the protection of the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining over 30 years in 73 countries / Axel Marx, Jadir Soares and Wouter Van Acker -- 3. The EU's social dimension and its external trade relations / Samantha Velluti -- 4. Divided we stand : the European Parliament's position on social trade in the post-Lisbon era / Lore Van den Putte -- 5. Asian and US perspectives on labor rights under international trade agreements compared / Ronald C. Brown -- 6. EU economic governance and labour rights : diversity and coherence in EU, Council of Europe and ILO instruments / Frank Hendrickx and Pieter Pecinovsky -- 7. Trade unions and collective bargaining power in global labor governance / Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten and Melanie Kryst -- 8. The rapprochement of ILO standards and CSR mechanisms : towards a positive understanding of the'privatization' of international labour standards / Ruben Zandvliet and Paul van der Heijden -- 9. Between the dragon's gift and its claws : China in Africa and the (un)civil fostering of ILO's decent work agenda / Abdul-Gafar'Tobi' Oshodi -- 10. On the transformative capacity of private fair labour arrangements / Ceren Pedekmir, Pieter Glasbergen and Ron Ceorvers -- 11. Compliance opportunities and the effectiveness of private voluntary standard setting -- lessons from the global banana industry / Dennis Klink -- 12. Promoting global labour rights through complementary capacities -- the'accord for fire and building safety in Bangladesh / Juliane Reinecke and Jimmy Donaghey -- 13. The International Labour Organization, multinational enterprises, and shifting conceptions of responsibility in the global economy / Yossi Dahan, Hanna Lerner and Faina Milman-Sivan -- 14. Conclusion: Which way to enforcement? / Glenn Rayp, Axel Marx and Jan Wouters.