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With this context in mind we can turn our attention to the world of labour politics and begin to explore the transformation of the network of transnational labour organizations. The task now is to assess the degree to which the network’s globalized disposition was premised upon intra-network cohesion and integration, as well as on estrangement from the state. Initially, this entails focusing on changes in the network’s internal organizational dimension of change. We then consider the factors that influence levels of network integration. These include the nature of intra-network relationships, as well as the interests and ideologies that prevailed. For now, the focus is on changes in organizational form.
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The following issues of the WFTU’s World Trade Union Movement publication contain striking images of this sort: June–July, August, September, October, November 1969, and January 1970.
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Myconos, G. (2005). 1945–72 — Internal Change: Antagonism and Shallow Integration. In: The Globalizations of Organized Labour. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230512276_2
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