Regulating for decent work: new directions in labour market regulation

'Regulating for Decent Work' is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years. The inter-disciplinary and international approach invigorates current debates through the identification of new challenges, subjects and perspectives. SANGHEON LEE Research and Policy Coordinator for Conditions of Work and Employment Programme of the International Labour Office. He specializes in analyzing and monitoring changes in wages and working conditions with a view to developing improved policy responses. Dr. Lee has written extensively on working conditions issues. His recent publications include 'Globalization and Changes in Employment Conditions in East Asia and the Pacific' (co-editor with F. Eyraud, Chandos and ILO, 2008) and 'Working Time Around the World' (with D. McCannand J. Messenger, 2007, Routlegde and ILO). He is also one of the main authors of the ILO's 'Global Wage Report 2010/11 '(2010) and a Co-ordinator of the Regulating for Decent Work Network. He holds a PhD in economics from Cambridge University. . DEIRDRE MCCANN Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research is in the field of labour law and policyand has a particular focus on the regulation of working conditions, precarious work, and the influence of flexibility discourses on labour market regulation. Her publications have focused on the regulation of working time, non-standard work and work/family reconciliation. They include 'Regulating Flexible Work' (Oxford University Press 2008). She was previously a Senior Researcher at the International Labour Office in Geneva and is a co-ordinator of the international research network on Regulating for Decent Work. INDICE: PREFACE - New Directions in Labour Regulation Research; 'S.Lee '&'D.McCann' - PART I: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES - The Evidence-based Case for Labour Regulation; 'S.Deakin' - Precarious Employment and the Problem of SER-Centrism in Regulating for Decent Work; 'L.Vosko - 'The Growth of Extended 'Entry Tournaments' and the Decline of Institutionalized Occupational Labour Markets in Britain; 'D.Marsden - 'PART II: RECENT COUNTRY EXPERIENCES - Laws or Luck?: Understanding Rising Formality in Brazil in the 2000s; 'J.Berg' - Labour Market Regulations and the Welfare of Indonesian Workers; 'Y.Islam' - The Enactment of Three New Labour Laws in China: Unintended Consequences and Emergence of 'New' Actors in Employment Relationships; 'F.L.Cooke - 'PART III: OLD CHALLENGES, NEW TECHNIQUES - Short Time Compensation as an Employment Stabilization Policy; 'R.LaJeunesse - 'Gender and the Minimum Wage; 'D.Grimshaw '&' J.Rubery' - Decent Work for Domestic Work: an Achievable Goal or Wishful Thinking?; 'M.Tomei' - PART IV: ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE REGULATION - The Impact of Labour Regulations: Measuring the Effectiveness of Legal Norms; 'S.Lee '&' D.McCann' - Governing Regulatory Discretion: Innovation and Accountability in Two Models ofLabour Inspection Work; 'R.Pires - 'A Diagnostic Methodology for Regulating Decent Work; 'D.Frey'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30217-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 10/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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