Lexington Books
Pages: 268
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-2138-3 • Hardback • August 2015 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
978-1-4985-2140-6 • Paperback • April 2019 • $39.99 • (£31.00)
978-1-4985-2139-0 • eBook • August 2015 • $38.00 • (£29.00)
Wolfgang Plasa is a former official of the European Commission.
Introduction: What This Book Is About
Chapter 1. The Institutional Framework
Chapter 2. The Framework of the Discussion
Chapter 3. Linking Trade to Labor Standards for Non Trade-Related Reasons
Chapter 4. Linking Trade to Labor Standards for Trade-Related Reasons
Chapter 5. Alternative Approaches
Chapter 6. Links in the Trade Regimes and Arrangements
Chapter 7. The Shape of the Links Proposed in this Study
Chapter 8. Objections to Linking Trade and Labor Standards
Chapter 9. Additional Benefits of Linking Trade and Labor Standards
Chapter 10. Getting Agreement on Linking Trade and Labor Standards
Chapter 11. My Own Proposals
Final Remarks
Summing Up
This book shows what can be done against the deplorable working conditions in many developing countries that we encourage when buying vast quantities of imported goods produced in conditions that would not be unfamiliar to Dickens. It is, however, not yet another incendiary, bleeding heart pamphlet but the opposite of a dogmatic treatise, far away from the one-track-mind approach that has led so many worthy causes to defeat. It should be read by anyone concerned about the impact of our actions or inactions on the rest of the world, and especially by those who can influence public or private policy- and decision-making.
— Mogens Peter Carl
Mr. Plasa's book is, to my knowledge, the most comprehensive study of every aspect of the trade labor relationship. It shows the price that workers have paid for the sake of trade and corporate interests. I have the greatest respect for this extraordinary piece of work that should be brought to everybody's knowledge.
— Hervé Jouanjean, European Commission