C&C member Dr Rod Abouharb and his co-author Dr Benjamin Fordham, recently published their work in Social Sciences. The article, titled “Trade and Strike Activity in the Postwar United States”, examines the effect of international trade on strike activity within the United States since World War II. They find that globalization influences strike activity through its effects on the bargaining position , while import competition may also indirectly reduce strike activity by decreasing union density.
More generally, Rod’s work examines processes that affect the civility of relations between government and its citizens. In particular, he is interested in how economic integration into the international economic system affects the onset of civil war and human rights abuses within countries. Read more about his work here.