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by Edward S. Casey (Foreword by), József Böröcz (Contribution by), Stephen Bouquin (Contribution by)
Labor and Global Justice: Essays on the Ethics of Labor Practices under Globalization combines conceptual and theoretical perspectives across a multiplicity of relevant differences, both geographical and disciplinary, to develop a transnational perspective on labor and justice. Through its multidisciplinary, transnational approach and its engagement with public policy, the contributors advance urgent contemporary debates around work and clearly demonstrate the necessity of articulating the rights of labor to any global ethics or to any concept of global justice. Together, the chapters make evident why justice requires, both theoretically and practically, a rethinking and rearticulation of the relation between labor and capital.
Framing the theoretical and practical question of justice in a new way, the editors have gathered addresses scholars across multiple disciplines, including philosophy, international relations, and the social sciences. As the volume emphasizes the connection between the concept of justice and real public policy, it also appeals to human rights workers and labor organizers, as well as those who make the public policies that establish the relation between labor and capital, just or unjust, and that determine the well-being of workers, for good or ill.Author Biography
Mary C. Rawlinson is professor of philosophy and affiliated faculty in comparative literature and women's and gender studies at Stony Brook University.
Wim Vandekerckhove is senior lecturer in organizational behavior at the University of Greenwich, Work and Employment Relations Unit (WERU). Ronald M.S. Commers is professor emeritus of moral philosophy and value inquiry and chairman emeritus at the Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry, Ghent University. Tim R. Johnston is manager of education and training for SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders), the nation's largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults.
