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Contributors
Nathan Lillie is Assistant Professor of International Business and
Management at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and was
until recently a fellow at the Collegium for Advanced Studies at the
University of Helsinki, Finland. He has authored or co-authored several
articles on international trade unionism and on corporate social responsibility.
He has written a book, A global union for global workers: Collective
bargaining and regulatory politics in maritime shipping, 2006, on
global unionism and political regulation in maritime shipping. He is currently
researching the role of unions in global governance.
Doug Miller has been seconded since 2000 to the International
Textile, Garments and Leather Workers’ Federation where he heads the
global union’s research department. His recent publications focus on
aspects of global social dialogue and include book chapters in “The
changing face of the global garment industry”, 2005 (co-authored with
Jennifer Hurley), in The threads of labour, edited by A. Hale and J. Wills;
an article “Preparing for the long haul: Negotiating international framework
agreements in the global textile, garment and footwear sector”, in
Global Social Policy, 2004; and “Business as usual: Governing the supply
chain in clothing post MFA phase out. The case of Cambodia”, in a
Global Union Research Network Discussion Paper, co-authored with Charlene
Aprill, Ramon Certeza, and Veasna Nuon, 2007.
Konstantinos Papadakis is a researcher at the International Institute
for Labour Studies (IILS) of the International Labour Organization.
He holds a PhD in international relations and international law from the
Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. His research has
focused on public governance, corporate social responsibility and crossborder
industrial relations. Recent publications include Civil society, participatory
governance and decent work objectives: The case of South Africa,
2006; “Socially Sustainable Development and Participatory Governance:
Legal and political aspects” (Discussion Paper), 2006; and “Civil Society
and Participatory Governance in South Africa: The quest for socio-economic
equity in the post-apartheid era”, in Use and misuse of civil society,
edited by B. Kohler-Koch and B. Jobert, 2008.
Udo Rehfeldt is a political scientist and senior researcher at the
Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales in Noisy-le-Grand near
Paris. He also teaches comparative industrial relations at the University
of Paris-X Nanterre. His research and publication themes include European
works councils, and trade unions and employee representation at
national, European and global levels. His publications include Le syndi-
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