The European Union and the Social Dimension of Globalization: How the EU Influences the World

by Orbie; Jan

• ISBN13: 9780415466943
• ISBN10: 0415466946
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-04
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examines the nature of the EU and its external role in relation to social issues raised by globalization. It explores how the EU influences, both directly and indirectly, the rest of the world in relation to the social component of globalization.

Table of Contents

List of tables	p. vii
List of contributors	p. viii
Preface	p. x
List of abbreviations	p. xii
From the social clause to the social dimension of globalization	p. 1
In search of a coherent social policy: EU import and export of ILO labour standards?	p. 27
EU enlargement and social standards: exporting the European social model?	p. 45
The social dimension of EU neighbourhood policies	p. 62
EU-ILO relations: between regional and global governance	p. 81
Writing a new normative standard? EU member states and ILO conventions	p. 98
The EU and the ILO Maritime Labour Convention: 'In our common interest and in the interest of the world'	p. 113
The EU and the health dimension of globalization: playing the World Health Organization card	p. 131
The social dimension of EU trade policies	p. 148
The European corporate social responsibility strategy: a pole of excellence?	p. 166
Lobbying the EU for gender-equal development	p. 186
Civil society and EU development policies in Africa and Latin America	p. 207
The EU's international promotion of the rights of the child	p. 228
Index	p. 242
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