Racing to the bottom: international trade without a social clause

By A. Chan. 2003

169 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Strategy and Management

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In Political Science and International Relations

1. Peter Lund-Thomsen
2. K. Chan
3. Tim Bartley
4. Lu Tang
5. Hongmei Li
6. Marc Schneiberg
7. A. Chan
8. Khalid Nadvi

In Public Administration

1. K. Chan
2. Marc Schneiberg
3. Tim Bartley
4. Lu Tang
5. Hongmei Li
6. Peter Lund-Thomsen
7. A. Chan
8. Khalid Nadvi

In Strategy and Management

1. Peter Lund-Thomsen
2. Tim Bartley
3. Marc Schneiberg
4. K. Chan
5. Navjote Khara
6. Lu Tang
7. Hongmei Li
8. A. Chan

Citations in the corpus

• The Global Financial Crisis and Migrant Workers in China: ‘There is No Future as a Labourer; Returning to the Village has No Meaning’ (2010, background): “International Journal of Urban and Regional Research © 2010 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. strategic advantage (Chan and Ross, 2003).12 It is no coincidence that the Pearl River Delta, which epitomizes China’s economic reform and success, is also where the largest numbers of migrant…”
• Organizations, Regulation, and Economic Behavior: Regulatory Dynamics and Forms from the Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century (2008, background): “…for later work, one conception of globalization emphasized how increased capital mobility would generate a “race to the bottom” (RTB) in regulatory standards, whether for financial controls (Goodman & Pauly 1993), labor standards (Chan & Ross 2003), or environmental protection (Daly & Cobb 1994).”
• Labour in Global Value Chains: Work Conditions in Football Manufacturing in China, India and Pakistan (2012, background): “…such as occupational health and safety (OHS) and limits on excessive overtime, but implementation of codes of conduct have had little direct impact on issues of labour rights, such as freedom of association and collective bargaining (Barrientos and Smith, 2007; Chan and Ross, 2003; ETI, 2006).”
• Corporate social responsibility communication of Chinese and global corporations in China (2009, background): “…last 30 years, millions of laborers, especially migrant workers from rural areas and less developed provinces, are still trapped in low wages, long working hours, and harsh treatment at workplace and can hardly benefit from such economic growth (Chan, 2001, 2003; Chan & Ross, 2003; Thorborg, 2006).”