Organization/conduction:

Each session will egin with a brief lecture/presentation by the professor, as a way of setting the stage for subsequent discussion. Students are expected to complete all readings for each session as most of the class sessions will be conducted as seminars, with students being asked to discuss and debate the specific readings.

Bibliography/Sessions:
1ª session: Introduction: Labor Relations in a Global Economy: The Need for a New Paradigm?

Readings:

John T. Dunlop, Industrial Relations Systems, ch. 1;
Dani Rodrik, Has Globalization Gone Too Far?, entire.

2ª session: A Race to the Bottom? Labor in the Advanced Industrial Countries.

Readings:

Paul Osterman, Thomas Kochan, Richard Locke and Michael Piore, Working in America, (MIT Press, 2002) :chs. 1, 2, 4.
Suzanne Berger and Richard Locke, “Globalization and Il Caso Italiano”, Daedalus, (Summer 2001).

Recommended but not required:
David Cohen, The Wealth of the World and the Poverty of Nations, (MIT Press, 1998).

3ª session: Globalization I the Developing Countries: Opportunity or Exploitation?

Readings:

Timothy Connor, “We are not Machines”, March 2002.
Khalid Nadvi with Sajod Kazmi, “Global Standards and Local Responses”, unpublished ms, February 2001.

Recommended:

Stephen Frenkel, “Globalization, Athletic Footwear Commodity Chains and Employment Relations in China,” Organization Studies, Vol 22, N. 4, (2001).

4ª session: The Debate over Standards

Readings:

Khalid Nadvi and Frank Waltrig, “Making Sense of Global Standards”, unpublished ms., September 2001.
Jagdish Bhagwati, “Trade Liberalization and ‘Free Trade’ Demands: Addressing the Environmental and Labor Standards Issues,” The World Economy, Vol. 18, N. 6 (November 1995).
Gary Gereffi, Ronnie Garcia-Johnson and Erika Sassen, “The NGO-Industrial Complex”, Foreign Policy, (July-August 2001).

5ª session: Promoting Development AND Standards in a Global World

Readings:

Richard M. Locke, “Building Trust”
Richard M. Locke, et. al., “Globalization, Developoment and Standards: A Proposal”.