The State of Labour - The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact (Hardcover, New)

This book analyzes the adverse effects of globalization and liberalization - acutely manifest in the increased financialization of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis of 2008-09 - on the labour force, especially in the developing countries. Drawing upon case studies from several countries including India, Columbia, Malawi, Brazil and Thailand, it highlights the worsening plight of working class as a whole and informal labour in particular. The essays examine issues such as down-sizing, lowering of wages, insecurity and erosion of labour rights, and show how labour is grappling with the situation. The volume critically re-assesses varied aspects of the growing informal sector: its dubious credential as an employment provider during crises; its non-adherence to internationally recognized standards of decent work; the problems and potential of workers' unions; and the need for a regulatory regime. It also discusses changes in the Indian labour market induced by business environment and technology as well as its future dynamics. Presenting a historical review of labour markets, the work explores the deregulation wave under the globalization of 1980s and the interactions between existing unstable asset markets and labour markets. The book will prove especially useful to students and scholars in economics, labour studies and sociology, and those engaged in public policy and governance.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Sharit K. Bhowmik
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	372
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-71095-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General
LSN:	0-415-71095-2
Barcode:	9780415710954

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