Labour, Globalization and the State: Workers, Women and Migrants Confront Neoliberalism (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415558905 ISBN 13: 9780415558907

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This book explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world. It focuses especially on the United States and the economies of Asia – in particular, India. Liberalized trade and investment are thought by neoliberals to be the best levers for raising labour standards, provided labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring accompany them. Labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring, at a first glance, appear to be complementary and symmetric policies. In practice, however, they might have very asymmetric consequences. This book addresses these issues, and it presents a comprehensive analysis of the key questions such as:

• How far is globalization a ‘real’ threat to the conventional systems of wage fixation, employment pattern, and basic rights at work in both developed, as well as underdeveloped countries?
• Are casualization and informalization of the workforce direct outcomes of deregulation?
• How do labour organizations cope with the volatility of the labour market?
• Are the existing labour market conditions and forms of labour organizations misfits in the globalized business world?
• Is it at all feasible to choose a high road that combines some degree of labour market flexibility with better labour standards?

This book will be of interest to academics working on International Development, Development Economics, Political Economy, Comparative Labour Studies and Asian Studies.

About this title

Product Description:

Labour, Globalization and the State Explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world. This title focuses on the United States and the economies of Asia - in particular, India.

Review:

"Clements examines Bukowski in relationship to popular culture and popular notions of the man and his writing today and during his time. He deftly climbs many different frameworks and examines critics and authors, as well as theories and theorists, in an attempt to illuminate the dark dystopia of Bukowskiland-Bukowski, his writing, his fans, his life, etc. This volume is not for the faint of heart and is an excellent resource for serious Bukowski scholars, graduate students, and faculty examining this poet and author." - Michelle M. Martinez, Sam Houston State University in The Journal of American Culture

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415558905
• ISBN 13: 9780415558907
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Banerjee Debdas