Constructivist Perspective: Analyzing the Social Dialogue of the International Labour Organization in Promoting a Just Transition for Garment Workers in Bangladesh
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: To address the dual challenges of climate change and decent work for workers in Bangladesh, and to avoid the high risk of unemployment during the transition, the International Labour Organization is actively promoting a just transition in Bangladesh to ensure that workers' rights are protected during the transition to a green economy. The question raised in this paper is how to analyze the motivation of the International Labour Organization in promoting the just transformation of garment workers in Bangladesh from a constructivist perspective. To address this issue, this paper uses constructivism as a guiding framework to analyze the International Labour Organization's behavior policy. Constructivism emphasizes that actors in international affairs are influenced by immaterial factors, such as international norms, identity and reputation. At the same time, this paper uses literature analysis to review and integrate the International Labour Organization 's policy reports over the past decade. The findings suggest that the International Labour Organization, driven by its role as a global protector of Labour rights and its guidelines for just transition, uses social dialogue in Bangladesh to protect workers' rights while setting global priorities for just transition. This approach also encourages other countries to build people-centered policy frameworks in their own green transitions.
Author: Yaojia Guo
Institution: University of Leeds
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4404866640