Labour, Globalization and the State
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 7, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780415449236
Subjects: Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Labor; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Development - Economic Development; Globalization; International - Economics
Description: "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 often have very asymmetric consequences." "This book will be of interest to students and academics studying International Development, Development Economics, Political Economy, Comparative Labour Studies and Asian Studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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