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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415375517

ISBN-139780415375511

eBay Product ID (ePID)45326926

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGlobalisation, State and Labour

SubjectPublic Affairs & Administration, Globalization, History & Theory, General, International / General, Labor, Public Policy / Economic Policy

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

AuthorAl Rainnie

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

SeriesRoutledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2005-002569

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number2

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.7/95

Table Of ContentPreface Contributors Tables and Figures Abbreviations The Enduring Question of the State Restructuring State Economy Relations The State We Are In (and Against) The Emergence of the 'De-Centred' British State New Public Management in Denmark Changing Public Sector Industrial Relations in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector Restructuring, Management Strategy and Trade Union Response The Restructuring of National States in the Global Economy

SynopsisWith contributions from leading researchers in the field, this new book incorporates major studies from four countries, to challenge our pre-conceptions about globalization, the state, and the organization of labour., The world is undergoing enormous change involving politics, the economy and society, however the position and place of the state and the significance of state policy in this process is heavily contested. "Globalisation, State and Labour "presents a timely opportunity to review and re-assess the modern state in regard to labor. Using major studies from four countries (UK, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand) the contributors to this volume challenge many preconceptions regarding globalization and labor organization including the notions that the state is being marginalized by the processes of globalization and trade unions are becoming irrelevant. The essays, written by leading researchers in the area, develop a new theoretical framework which puts work, workers and their organizations at the heart of analyzing state restructuring. This book is an important corrective to much recent work on work, employment and restructuring and the role of organized labor. Combining a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis this book will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with globalization debate, the future of the state and organized labor., Globalisation, State and Labour combines a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis - ensuring that it will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with the globalization debate, the future of the state, and organized labour. It shows how although the world is undergoing enormous changes involving politics, the economy and society, the position and place of the state, and the significance of state policy in this process, is heavily contested. Presenting a timely opportunity to review and re-assess the modern state with regards to labour, the essays included in this text, written by leading researchers in the area, develop a new theoretical framework that puts work, workers and their organizations at the heart of analyzing state restructuring. Using major studies from four countries (UK, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand), the contributors challenge many preconceptions regarding globalization and labour organization - including the notions that the state is being marginalized by the processes of globalization, and that the trade unions are becoming irrelevant.

LC Classification NumberHD87.F35 2005