Berkeley Labor Guides
GLOBALIZATION
Relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings
Other Guides
Publications
Organizations challenging
globalization
Organizations supporting globalization
Policy-making Institutions
Author: Lincoln Cushing
Historically, many businesses and corporations
have included operations outside their national
borders to provide raw materials, manufacture
products, and expand markets. However, the pace
and extent of these methods have accelerated dramatically
since the 1980s under a series of trade agreements
promoted by the largest industrialized nations.
These policies, which include NAFTA, GATT, FTAA,
and others, have pitted the interests of huge
transnational industries against many working
people in the United States and abroad. This process
is known as globalization.
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The following directory is a selective list of key resources on this topic, and will be updated periodically as resources evolve.
Relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Commercial
policy
Foreign
trade regulation
International
business enterprises
International
trade
Trade-unions
and foreign policy
NOTE: also search for materials with the British spelling "globalisation"
Call numbers and UC Berkeley library location in parentheses.
Other Guides
Bibliography on Globalization and Workers' Rights
http://henningcenter.berkeley.edu/projects/biblio.html
Gathered by staff of the Henning Center, a developing
bibliography on union responses to globalization.
It includes articles and books on the related
topics of free trade and globalization, specific
sources on cross-border campaigns and strategy,
and historical pieces on U.S. union internationalism.
WTO/GATT Research, October 15, 1999*, compiled
by Rehberg, Jeanne, Reference Librarian for International
and Foreign Law at New York University School
of Law Library
http://www.llrx.com/features/wto.htm
"The World Trade Organization is using the
Internet to make its documentation more accessible,
but not every WTO/GATT question can be answered
with an online source. For example, as is typical
for most international organizations, the WTO
documents online are limited to recent years.
At least for now, comprehensive WTO/GATT research
requires a mixture of print, microfiche, and electronic
formats." (*Updated material promised
for summer 2001)
World Trade Organization, research guide
by the Boston University School of Law Library
http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/research/int/guides/guide_wto.htm
Publications
The Amoral Elephant - Globalization and the Struggle for Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century, by Tabb, William K., 2001, Monthly Review Press. (ISBN 1-58367-036-X)
A Citizen's Guide to the World Trade Organization - Everything you Need to Know to Fight for Fair Trade, by the Working Group on the WTO/MAI, 1999, Apex Press, NY [Not in library]
Across the Pacific : Asian Americans and Globalization, by the Asia Society, 1999, Temple University Press, 1999. (E184.O6 A28 1999, Main and Ethnic Studies Library)
British Columbia Forest Industry Conference, March 5, 1991 : the Globalization of the Forest Industry, by the British Columbia Forest Industry. (HD9764.C23 B724 1991, Biosciences and Natural Resources)
The Challenge of Global Capitalism : the World Economy in the 21st century, by Gilpin, Robert, 2000, Princeton University Press. (HF1359.G5515 2000, Business, Moffitt)
Critical Perspectives on Globalization and Neoliberalism in the Developing Countries, 2000, Leiden Publishers, Boston. (HF2580.9 .C75 2000, Anthropology)
Dimensions of Globalization, 2000, Sage Publications. (AQ .A45 v.570 2000, Main)
Globalisation of Industrial Activities : a Case Study of the Clothing Industry, 1994, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. (HC240 .W9 v.2:60 1994, Main)
Globalization & Labor : the Effect of Imported Inputs on Blue Collar Workers, by Bardhan, Ashok Deo, 1998, Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California. (HD5710.75.U62 C28 Environmental Design, HD251.C34 P72 no.261, Business)
Globalization : a Critical Introduction, by Scholte, Jan Aart, 2000, St. Martin's Press, New York. (JZ1318 .S36 2000, Main)
Globalization : Critical Reflections, 1997, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO. (HF1359 .G45 1997, Anthropology)
Globalization and Civil Society : NGO Influence in International Decision-making, by Krut, Riva, 1997, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva. (JC362.K781 1997, Main)
Globalization and Culture, by Tomlinson, John, University of Chicago Press, 1999. (HM101.T633 1999, Main)
Globalization and Electronic Industry : Indian Experience, by Thakur, P. C., 2000, Manak Publications, New Delhi. (HD9696.A3.I5975 2000, Main)
Globalization and Inequality Then and Now : the Late 19th and late 20th Centuries Compared, by Williamson, Jeffrey G., 1995, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. (H62.5.U5 N351 no.5491, Business)
Globalization and its Discontents : [essays on the new mobility of people and money] , by Sassen, Saskia, 1998, New Press, New York. (HF1359.S277 1998, Main and Ethnic Studies)
Globalization and its Discontents, 2000, St. Martin's Press. (JZ1318.G583 2000, Main)
Globalization and Labor, Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck Publisher, 1999. (HD5710.7.G547 1999, Business)
Globalization and the Developing World : an Essay on the International Dimensions of Development in the Post-cold War Era, by Griffin, Keith B., 1992, UNRISD, Geneva. (HF1008 .G75 1992, Main)
Globalization and Third World Trade Unions : the Challenge of Rapid Economic Change, 1995, Zed Books. (HD6940.7.G58 1995, Main)
Globalization in Our Front Yard, 2000, by the Campaign for Labor Rights, Eugene, OR, ISBN 0-9679024-1-x, CLR@igc.org.
Globalization of the Automobile Industry : the United States, Japan, and the People's Republic of China, by Yang, Xiaohua, 1995, Praeger Publishers. (HD9710.A2.Y36 1995, Business)
Globalization Strategy in the Hotel Industry, by Go, Frank M., 1995, Routledge. (TX911.3.P46.G64 1995, Business)
Globalization, by Waters, Malcolm, 2001, Routledge. (HF1359.W39 2001, Business)
Globalization and the Perceptions of American Workers, by Scheve, Kenneth F. and Slaughter, Matthew J., 2001, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC. (HD5710.75.U6 S34 2001, Business)
Globalization and Unemployment, edited by Helmut Wagner, 2000, Springer Publications. (HD5710.7 .G553 2000, Business)
Globalization, Culture, and Women's Development, Jaipur : Rawat Publications, 1999. (HQ1742 .G63 1999, Main)
Globalization and Labour in the Asia Pacific Region, edited by Rowley, Chris and Benson, John, Frank, 2000, Cass Publishers. (HD5710.75.A78.G58 2000 , Business)
Globalization and Labour Relations, edited by Peter Leisink, 1999, Edward Elgar Publishers. (HD5710.7 .G548 1999, Business)
Globalization, Outsourcing, and Wage Inequality, by Feenstra, Robert C. , 1996, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. (H62.5.U5 N351 no.5424, Business)
Globalization, Technological Change, and Labor Markets, 1998, Kluwer Publishing, Boston. (HD5710.75.G3 G58 1998, Business)
Growth, Inequality and Globalization : Theory, History, and Policy, by Aghion, Philippe, 1998, Cambridge University Press. (HD75.A339 1998, Main)
Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics, 1999, edited by Hurrell, Andrew and Woods-Oxford, Ngaire, University Press. (JZ1305.I54 1999, Main)
Information and Globalization : Wage Co-movements, Labor Demand Elasticity, and Conventional Trade Liberalization, by Rauch, James E., 2000, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. (H62.5.U5 N351 no.7671, Business), electronic location http://papers.nber.org/papers/W7671
Is Globalization Today Really Different than Globalization a Hundred Years Ago?, by Bordo, Michael. D., NBER working paper series, Cambridge, MA., National Bureau of Economic Research. (H62.5.U5.N351 number 7195, Business and Economics), electronic location http://papers.nber.org/papers/W7195
Land, Labor and Globalization in the Pre-industrial Third World, by Williamson, Jeffrey G., 2000, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. (H62.5.U5 N351 no.7784, Business), electronic location http://www.nber.org/papers/W7784.pdf
Logics of Resistance : Globalization and Telephone Unionism in Mexico and British Columbia, by Dubb, Steve, 1999, Garland Publishers, New York. (HD6475.T3 D63 1999, Business)
Rethinking Globalization : Production, Politics, Actions, by Worthington, Richard, 2000, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (HF1359 .W687 2000, Business)
The Globalization of Industry : Implications for Developing Countries Beyond 2000, 1996, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna. (HF1359.G562 1996, GSSI)
Towards a Socially Sustainable World Economy : an Analysis of the Social Pillars of Globalization, by Torres, Raymond, 2001, International Labor Organization, Geneva. (HF1418.5 .T67 2001, IIRL and Main)
Vanishing Borders, by French, Hilary, 2000, Norton Publishers, NY. (HF1379.F734 2000, Business, Biosciences and Natural Resources, Main)
Organizations challenging globalization
Commission for Labor Cooperation
http://www.naalc.org
Corporate Accountability Project
http://www.corporations.org/
"Of the world's 100 largest economies, 51 are now global corporations, rather than countries."
CorpWatch
http://www.corpwatch.org/
"Holding Corporations Accountable"
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epinet.org/
"The mission of the Economic Policy Institute
is to provide high-quality research and education
in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable
economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis
and a concern for the living standards of working
people."
Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org/economy
Various campaigns to pressure the ruling institutions
for change and to build alternative economic institutions
are designed to link global analysis with local
action.
Globalization: A Primer, by the Center
for Economic and Policy Research
http://www.cepr.net/GlobalPrimer.htm
International Forum of Globalization
http://www.ifg.org/
"An alliance of sixty leading activists,
scholars, economists, researchers and writers
formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity,
and public education in response to economic globalization."
International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM), Belgium. http://www.icem.org/index.html
Jobs With Justice
http://www.jwj.org/corepage.htm
A national campaign for workers' rights that works
through coalitions of labor, community, religious
and constituency organizations.
LabourNet - International Labour Solidarity Web Site
http://www.labournet.org/
Public Citizen
http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2010/09/post-crisis-cage-match-at-the-wto.html
Eyes on Trade: Public Citizen's Blog on Globalization and Trade
The International Labour Organization / Bureau
for Workers' Activities
http://www.itcilo.it/english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/seura/mains.htm
"Labour Market Trends and Globalization's
Impact on Them"
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
of America (UE), International Labor Information
and Action Site
http://www.ueinternational.org/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and Agriculture and Trade Policy Trade Observatory
http://www.tradeobservatory.org/
Organizations supporting globalization
Enter Stage Right
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0799sweatshop.htm
Conservative newsletter, includes articles such
as this anti-sweatshop organizing position paper.
Globalization Research Center, by CIO.com ("Chief
Information Officer", not Congress of Industrial
Organizations)
http://www.cio.com/forums/global/
Policy-making Institutions
The World
Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/pb/globalization/
International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm
"Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?
The World Trade Organization
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/whatis_e.htm
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