It has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE: The Virtuous Circle of Trade and the Labor Compact -- PART 1 HOW GLOBALIZATION CAUSED THE LABOR COMPACT -- TWO: Challenge and Response -- THREE: Markets and States in Old and New Worlds -- FOUR: International Labor Standards: Ideas or Trade...