Decent work and indecent trade agendas
The European Union and ACP countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7734458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Langan (Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-35 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9775 • E-ISSN: 1469-3631 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569775.2014.881602 |
| OpenAlex | W1963804299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 11 |
The European Commission has promised to promote decent work in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries through pro-poor direct investment and livelihood-creating trade deals. Aligning with the discourse of the International Labour Organisation, the European Commission seeks to achieve ‘fair globalisation’ in which economic growth is translated into decent jobs. Applying a moral economy perspective, however, the article argues that there is a disjuncture between the norms espoused under the Decent Work Agenda and the tangible implications of European interventions in ACP economies. Specifically, Economic Partnership Agreements will have deleterious consequences for the lives of many poorer producers and workers in ACP countries. The provision of Aid for Trade for decent work, moreover, may not deliver meaningful decent work opportunities in ACP countries. In this analysis, the article explores the emergent normativity-outcomes gap in this sphere of European Union external relations
Commission · Economics · European commission · European union · General partnership · Globalization · International trade · Livelihood · Political science · Trade union · Work (physics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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Horse-trading on EU–African Economic Partnership Agreements
Beyond Economic Partnership Agreements
The Trade Effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
The value of pointillism ? Integrating trade and development and the European Union as a global actor
The EU’s preferential trade agreements with Singapore and Vietnam. Market vs. normative imperatives
African Agency and EU–African Economic Partnership Agreements
Negotiating sustainable trade
EU trade and development policy beyond the ACP
Managing neo-liberalisation through the Sustainable Development Agenda
The EU's Economic Partnership Agreements with Africa
Social Movements Confront Neoliberalism
Managing Development
Normative Power Europe and the Moral Economy of Africa–EU Ties
Are trade agreements with the EU beneficial to women in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific
Moral Economy as Critique
The Lomé Convention
Uganda's Flower Farms and Private Sector Development
Rethinking the Emerging Post-Washington Consensus
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |