The European Union and the social dimension of globalization: how the EU influences the world/ edited by Jan Orbie and Lisa Tortell. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xiv, 249 p. ; 25 cm. - Routledge/GARNET series; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents : From the social clause to the social dimension of globalization JAN ORBIE AND LISA TORTELL - In search of a coherent social policy: EU import and export of ILO labour standards? TONIA NOVITZ - EU enlargement and social standards: Exporting the European social model? MAARTEN KEUNE - The social dimension of EU neighbourhood policies SIEGLINDE GSTÖHL - EU-ILO relations: Between regional and global governance AILISH JOHNSON - Writing a new normative standard? EU member states and ILO conventions ROBERT KISSACK - The EU and the ILO Maritime Labour Convention: 'In our common interest and in the interest of the world' LISA TORTELL, RUDI DELARUE AND JEFFREY KENNER - The EU and the health dimension of globalization: Playing the World Health Organization card SEBASTIEN GUIGNER - The social dimension of EU trade policies JAN ORBIE, MYRIAM GISTELINCK AND BART KERREMANS - The European Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy: A pole of excellence? OLGA MARTIN-ORTEGA AND MUZAFFER EROGLU - Lobbying the EU for gender-equal development PETRA DEBUSSCHER AND JACQUI TRUE - Civil society and EU development policies in Africa and Latin America AN HUYBRECHTS AND RAFAEL PEELS - The EU's international promotion of the rights of the child IAN MANNERS

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Globalization--European Union countries.
Globalization--Social aspects.


European Union countries--Social policy.
European Union countries--Relations.

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