UID:
almafu_9959236219202883
Format:
1 online resource (223 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-84-00-69802-6
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0-313-01178-8
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Cover -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES -- 1 THE REAL WORLD OF WORK AND RETIREMENT -- NOTES -- 2 THE CHANGING EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF A NEW ECONOMY -- NOTES -- 3 THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICAN BUSINESS -- THE NEW SHAPE OF BUSINESS -- Employment and the Small Business -- NOTES -- 4 GLOBALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY -- GLOBALIZATION AND ORGANIZED LABOR -- GLOBALIZATION, POPULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT -- NOTES -- 5 DOWNSIZING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- DOWNSIZING IN THE PRIVATE-SECTOR -- THE IMPACT OF DOWNSIZING -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- NOTES -- 6 THE DECLINE OF CORPORATE PATERNALISM -- FROM CORPORATE PATERNALISM TO PARTNERSHIP -- IMPLICATIONS FOR OLDER WORKERS -- NOTES -- 7 RESTRUCTURING THE WORKFORCE -- GROWTH OF THE NONSTANDARD WORKFORCE -- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROCESS -- SELF-EMPLOYMENT -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- 8 DOWNWAGING THE WORKFORCE -- THE ECONOMIC STATE OF WORKING AMERICA -- THE EARNINGS LADDER -- HAVE REAL WAGES DECLINED FOR MOST AMERICANS? -- THE LABOR MARKET -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- 9 THE QUESTION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- THE ORIGINS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- WHO BENEFITS FROM THE MINIMUM WAGE? -- DOES ANYONE LOSE FROM MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES? -- WILL A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT?25 -- THE MINIMUM WAGE AS A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 10 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REVISITED -- THE SHIFT TOWARD A NEW RESPONSIBILITY -- NOTES -- 11 NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICIES -- NOTES -- 12 NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICIES -- FISCAL POLICY -- MONETARY POLICY -- TRADE POLICY -- NOTES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES AND REPORTS -- INDEX -- About the Author.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-56720-566-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9798400698026
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