special issue of JWSR

Wed, 01 Apr 1998 13:37:25 -0500
christopher chase-dunn (chriscd@jhu.edu)

Volume 4, number 1 of the Journal of World-Systems Research is now up.
It is a special issue on the globalization of labor movements edited by
Brad Nash (Virginia Polytechnic).
JWSR is available free for educational and research purposes. The web
address is
http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html

The table of contents of the special issue is below. I will also mail
the table of contents page directly to wsn participants.
Thanks to Brad Nash and the contributors, and also to Salvatore Babones,
Dan Shupp and Sarah Khokar.

Chris Chase-Dunn/Editor-JWSR

Volume 4, Number 1 (Winter 1998)

Special Issue: Global Labor Movements

Guest-Edited by Bradley Nash, Jr.

Editors' Introduction: Globalizing Solidarity: Praxis and the
International Labor Movement
Bradley Nash, Jr.

Bradley Nash, Jr., ed.
Forum: Prospects for a Global Labor Movement
Edna Bonacich, The Problems and the Prospects
Ralph Armbruster, Globalization and Cross-Border Labor
Organizing
Bradley Nash, Jr., Organizing a Global Labor Movement from
Top and Bottom
Dan Clawson, Contradictions of Labor Solidarity
Beverly Silver, The Global Restructuring of Labor Movements

Edna Bonacich
Organizing Immigrant Workers in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry

Ralph Armbruster
Cross-Border Organizing in the Garment and Automobile Industries:
The Phillips Van Heusen and Ford Cuautitlan Cases

Dimitris Stevis
International Labor Organizations, 1864-1997: The Weight of
History and the Challenges of the Present