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• Winner of Cowinner, 2014 Best Book in Human Rights Award (Hu.

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"""Hazard or Hardship uncovers an important path-not-taken in the world of workplace health and safety standards... It speaks to an important set of issues in a resolute voice. It has influenced my own understanding of health-and-safety regulation, and I believe it will be similarly helpful for other scholars of domestic and global labor standards.""-Tim Bartley, Social Forces ""This book charts an important but hitherto neglected aspect of social protection in the field of occupational health and safety-the right of workers to refuse unsafe work. The right to refuse unsafe work should be inalienable in societies that respect and value their citizens, and it should be defined and institutionally facilitated so it can be exercised in a meaningful way... This is a valuable book.""-Michael Quinlan, British Journal of Industrial Relations ""Hazard or Hardship is a valuable treatment of an important topic.""-Guy Standing, University of Bath and Basic Income Earth Network, author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class ""Jeffrey Hilgert's book provides original insights into how national perspectives on the right to refuse unsafe work can influence an international debate. In doing so, it draws fresh attention to this important human right.""-Anne Trebilcock, Institute for Labour Law, University of Gottingen, Germany ""Work can be dangerous, as far too many factory fires and mine explosions remind us. Yet as Jeffrey Hilgert shows, global norms for addressing occupational hazards may limit workers' ability to refuse to work in unsafe conditions, effectively protecting managerial prerogatives rather than strengthening workers' voices. Arguing that current approaches to workplace safety may inadvertently increase workers' vulnerability, the book offers a provocative contribution to global discussions about how governments, labor unions, and employers can protect workers from harm.""-Gay Seidman, Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Beyond the Boycott: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Transnational Activism"

Hazard or Hardship uncovers an important path-not-taken in the world of workplace health and safety standards... It speaks to an important set of issues in a resolute voice. It has influenced my own understanding of health-and-safety regulation, and I believe it will be similarly helpful for other scholars of domestic and global labor standards. -Tim Bartley, Social Forces Hazard or Hardship is a valuable treatment of an important topic. -Guy Standing, University of Bath and Basic Income Earth Network, author of The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class Jeffrey Hilgert's book provides original insights into how national perspectives on the right to refuse unsafe work can influence an international debate. In doing so, it draws fresh attention to this important human right. -Anne Trebilcock, Institute for Labour Law, University of Gottingen, Germany Work can be dangerous, as far too many factory fires and mine explosions remind us. Yet as Jeffrey Hilgert shows, global norms for addressing occupational hazards may limit workers' ability to refuse to work in unsafe conditions, effectively protecting managerial prerogatives rather than strengthening workers' voices. Arguing that current approaches to workplace safety may inadvertently increase workers' vulnerability, the book offers a provocative contribution to global discussions about how governments, labor unions, and employers can protect workers from harm. -Gay Seidman, Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Beyond the Boycott: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Transnational Activism

<p> Jeffrey Hilgert's book provides original insights into how national perspectives on the right to refuse unsafe work can influence an international debate. In doing so, it draws fresh attention to this important human right. Anne Trebilcock, Institute for Labour Law, University of Gottingen, Germany

<p> Jeffrey Hilgert's book provides original insights into how national perspectives on the right to refuse unsafe work can influence an international debate. In doing so, it draws fresh attention to this important human right. -Anne Trebilcock, Institute for Labour Law, University of Gottingen, Germany

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Jeffrey Hilgert is Assistant Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Montreal.

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