02293nam a22003618a 4500 CR9780511778858 UkCbUP 20180107143413.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100519s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511778858 (ebook) 9780521762878 (hardback) 9780521132954 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda HF1746 .K39 2011 331.88097 22 Kay, Tamara, author. NAFTA and the Politics of Labor Transnationalism / [electronic resource] Tamara Kay. NAFTA & the Politics of Labor Transnationalism Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). When NAFTA went into effect in 1994, many feared it would intensify animosity among North American unions, lead to the scapegoating of Mexican workers and immigrants, and eclipse any possibility for cross-border labor cooperation. But far from polarizing workers, NAFTA unexpectedly helped stimulate labor transnationalism among key North American unions and erode union policies and discourses rooted in racism. The emergence of labor transnationalism in North America presents compelling political and sociological puzzles: how did NAFTA, the concrete manifestation of globalization processes in North America, help deepen labor solidarity on the continent? In addition to making the provocative argument that global governance institutions can play a pivotal role in the development of transnational social movements, this book suggests that globalization need not undermine labor movements: collectively, unions can help shape how the rules governing the global economy are made. Transnationalism Print version: 9780521762878 Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511778858 Cambridge Books Online 236554 236554