From: Dr Phoebe Moore <pvm.doc@GMAIL.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 2015 15:14:16 GMT+2
To: CRITICAL-LABOUR-STUDIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Decent Work special issue
Reply-To: Dr Phoebe Moore <pvm.doc@GMAIL.COM>

Please see the new Special Issue in the Global Labour Journal 'The Future and Praxis of Decent Work' that I acted as Lead Guest Editor for. It’s the result of 2.5 years of finding the best pieces for this and the organisation of two events at Kassel University’s International Centre for Development and Decent Work, and European Workshops in International Studies in Izmir last year. Do enjoy.

In the introduction I make the point that ‘decency' cannot be understood as identical to ‘dignity’. By looking at the history of the formation and the trajectory of mandate shifts of the International Labour Organisation we see that decency becomes, possibly, the highest level we can now expect in workplaces. The articles provide analysis in the context of Indonesia, Italy, India, South Korea, Macedonia

Vol. 6, No. 2 (2015) Special Issue: 'The Future and Praxis of Decent Work'

Lead guest editor Phoebe Moore (Middlesex University) with co-editors Charles Dannreuther (Leeds University), Christian Möllmann (Kassel University International Centre for Development and Decent Work), Conor Cradden (Lausanne)

Guest editors' introduction: The Future and Praxis of Decent Work
by Phoebe Moore with Charles Dannreuther, Christian Möllmann

Articles

Felix Hauf 'The Paradoxes of Decent Work in Context: A Cultural Political Economy Perspective'
Martina Lavagnini, Antonella Mennella 'The Latest Italian Labour Market Rreforms in the Perspective of Decent Work Basic-Relations-Fairness Proposal'
Jamie Morgan, Wendy Olsen 'The Absence of Decent Work: The Continued Development of Forced and Unfree Labour in India'
Rafael Peels, Marialaura Fino 'Pushed out the Door, Back in through the Window: The Role of the ILO in EU and US Trade Agreements in Facilitating the Decent Work Agenda'
Dragan Tevdovski 'Decent Work Diagnostics for a Western Balkan Country Stuck in the Neo-liberal Doctrine: The Case of the Republic of Macedonia'
Lore Van den Putte 'Involving Civil Society in the Implementation of Social Provisions in Trade Agreements: Comparing the US and EU Approach in the Case of South Korea'

Reviews

Anita Chan review of Kevin Gray (2015) Labour and Development in East Asia: Social Forces and Passive Revolution
Janet Munakamwe review of Costello, C. and Freedland, M. (eds.) (2014) Migrants at Work: Immigration and Vulnerability in Labour Law
Khalid Nadvi review of Rossi, A., Luinstra, A. and Pickles, J. (eds.) (2014) Towards Better Work: Understanding Labour in Apparel Global Value Chains

Global Issues
The Future and Praxis of Decent Work, Peter Waterman, Dave Spooner

 
Dr Phoebe V Moore
Senior Lecturer in International Relations
School of Law
Middlesex University
London NW4 4BT