Global Business and Local Struggle
Book • 2025
Global Business and Local Struggle investigates how non-judicial mechanisms function in addressing human rights harms by transnational businesses, based on five years of field research in Indonesia and India.
The book combines 587 interviews and multi-method analysis to show that while such mechanisms rarely provide standalone remedies, they can be effective when embedded within wider regulatory and political strategies.
It develops a 'field of struggle' theoretical framework to analyse how local actors, state institutions, companies and transnational bodies interact around grievances.
The authors offer practical recommendations for redesigning non-judicial mechanisms and enhancing their strategic usefulness for communities and workers.
The work aims to inform academic debates and policy reform on corporate accountability and human rights remedy.
The book combines 587 interviews and multi-method analysis to show that while such mechanisms rarely provide standalone remedies, they can be effective when embedded within wider regulatory and political strategies.
It develops a 'field of struggle' theoretical framework to analyse how local actors, state institutions, companies and transnational bodies interact around grievances.
The authors offer practical recommendations for redesigning non-judicial mechanisms and enhancing their strategic usefulness for communities and workers.
The work aims to inform academic debates and policy reform on corporate accountability and human rights remedy.
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Tim Connor et al., "Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
