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Decent work in global production networks: Framing the policy debate
Author(s) -
BARRIENTOS Stephanie,
MAYER Frederick,
PICKLES John,
POSTHUMA Anne
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2011.00118.x
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , work (physics) , production (economics) , corporate governance , economics , economic system , global governance , engineering , macroeconomics , management , mechanical engineering , structural engineering
. Introducing this Special Feature of the International Labour Review on “Decent work in global production networks” (GPNs), this article reviews the research challenges posed by GPNs, which are changing the structure of trade, production and employment in today's globalized economy. The authors define the concepts of social and economic upgrading/downgrading that are used in the following contributions to investigate the effects of GPNs. They conclude with a discussion of the initiatives that governments and non‐state actors have taken to address the “global governance deficit” and consequent decent work deficits that have emerged with the expansion of GPNs.