| Description |
ix, 387 p. : ill. |
| Note |
Papers prepared by members of an International Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation and presented at the Challenging the Market Conference, Toronto, in June 2001--P. [vii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Challenging the market: the struggle to regulate work and income / Jim Stanford, Leah F. Vosko -- PART ONE: THE CHANGING ECONOMICS OF LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS -- The NAIRU, labour market "flexibility," and full employment / Malcolm Sawyer -- The causes of high unemployment: labour market sclerosis versus macroeconomic policy / Thomas I. Palley -- Institutions and policies for labour market success in four small European countries / Peter Auer -- PART TWO: DEVELOPMENTS IN LABOUR MARKET STRUCTURE -- Challenging segmentation in South Africa's labour market: "regulated flexibility" or flexible regulation? / Marlea Clarke -- The Russian reforms and their impact on labour: a transition to what? / Manfred Bienfeld ... [et al.] -- Deregulating industrial relations in the apparel sector: the decree system in Quebec / Michel Grant -- European labour market regulation: the case of European councils / Michael John Whittall -- PART THREE: THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF LABOUR MARKET DEREGULATION -- Racializing the division of lbaour: neoliberal restructuring and the economic segregation of Canada's racialized groups / Grace-Edward Galabuzi -- Towards perfect flexibility: youth as an industrial reserve army for the new economy / Stephen McBride -- The crisis in rural labour markets: failures and challenges for regulation / Martha MacDonald -- Technology, gender, and regulation: call centres in New Brunswick / Tom Good, Joan McFarland -- Neoliberalism, social democracy, and the struggle to improve labour standards for part-time workers in Saskatchewan / Dave Broad ... [et al.] -- PART FOUR: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS -- Labour market deregulation and the U.S. living-wage movement / Stephanie Luce -- Gendered resistance: organizing justice for janitors in Los Angeles / Cynthia J. Cranford -- Labour's current organizational sturggles in Argentina: towards a new beginning? / Viviana Patroni -- Critical times for French employment regulation: the 35-hour week and the challenge to social partnership / Steve Jefferys -- How credible are international corporate labour codes? Monitoring global production chains / Don Wells. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Labor market.
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Labor policy.
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Labor costs.
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Marche du travail.
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Travail -- Politique gouvernementale.
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Main-d'oeuvre -- Cout.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Stanford, Jim.
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Vosko, Leah F.
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International Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Challenging the Market Conference (2001 : Toronto, Ont.)
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| ISBN |
0773527265 (bd.) |
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0773527273 (pbk.) |
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