Globalizations ( IF 2.407 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 , DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1863541 Zjos Vlaminck 1 , Huib Huyse 2
ABSTRACT
Trade unions have a long history of transnational solidarity in different forms and flavours. Since the 1990s unions in Northern countries have increasingly established structural mechanisms to support their Southern counterparts, including through Official Development Assistance (ODA). We examine how the increased encapsulation of trade union internationalism within the global development paradigm is reshaping the relations between African and Northern unions. Based on empirical data across several African countries we argue that trade union development cooperation (TUDC) is not a one way street. African unions are not passive recipients of aid but have used ODA to address structural weaknesses such as a declining membership and consequential loss of funds. Nevertheless, TUDC in practice often translates into programmes driven by resource- and capacity building-logics. Both findings bring a layered understanding of the transformative potential of TUDC.
中文翻译:
发展援助和与非洲工会的跨国团结:走细线
摘要
工会有着不同形式和风格的跨国团结的悠久历史。自 1990 年代以来,北方国家的工会越来越多地建立了支持南方同行的结构性机制,包括通过官方发展援助 (ODA)。我们研究了在全球发展范式中日益加强的工会国际主义如何重塑非洲和北方工会之间的关系。根据几个非洲国家的经验数据,我们认为工会发展合作 (TUDC) 不是一条单行道。非洲联盟不是被动的援助接受者,而是利用官方发展援助来解决结构性弱点,例如成员人数减少和随之而来的资金损失。尽管如此,TUDC 在实践中通常转化为由资源和能力建设逻辑驱动的计划。这两项发现都带来了对 TUDC 变革潜力的分层理解。