Economic development has increasingly become synonymous with “economic upgrading”
within global production networks (GPNs). Yet, while there has been much research on …

Introducing this Special Feature of the International Labour Review on “Decent work in
global production networks”(GPNs), this article reviews the research challenges posed by …

It is a central claim of this book that twenty-first century 'modernization'should be defined in
terms of the extent to which people can define themselves not by ethnicity,'caste'or religion …

ABSTRACT The International Labour Organization, set up in 1919 to develop and promote
labour standards, is at a crucial point. It has preached that labour is not a commodity and in …

Examining the role of labour inspection in the context of the revival of labour market
regulation, the authors distinguish between the Latin model, where inspectors have authority …

Although the ultimate success of labor regulation in many economic sectors depends on a
combination of state and private actors, to date, researchers have not studied the interaction …

America confronts a jobs crisis that has two faces. The first is obvious when we read the
newspapers or talk with our friends and neighbors: there are simply not enough jobs to go …

Current scholarship suggests that instead of fueling deregulation and a race to the bottom,
globalization and neoliberalism often go hand in hand with the expansion of regulatory rules …

This article extends the concept of street‐level bureaucracy to address the problem of the
inflexibility and rigidity of governmental rules and regulations, a problem at the heart of the …

In a report released in 2006, the ILO highlighted the difficulties of labour inspection in its
member States and advocated a number of measures to strengthen its effectiveness. The …