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Rival Workers: Bargaining Power and Justice in Global Systems

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The markets for financial instruments and services and for the most important traded goods are global, while authority to make rules and enforce discipline and order remains fragmented in national units (Strange, 1986, 1988). This globalisation of markets has had three effects, among others.

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Allen, M.H. (1993). Rival Workers: Bargaining Power and Justice in Global Systems. In: Morgan, R., Lorentzen, J., Leander, A., Guzzini, S. (eds) New Diplomacy in the Post-Cold War World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22738-9_3

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