Handbook of the Politics of Labour, Work and Employment

Edited by Gregor Gall, Visiting Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Leeds, UK

'Many of the contributors to this book point out how daunted they felt when they began their chapters. There is no argument that the authors had their work cut out, but they triumphantly achieve the ambitious goals they were set. This is an extremely useful book which features authoritative overviews of complex, and potentially baffling, subjects and guides readers through the latest evidence and developments in a wide range of theoretical traditions. This evidence is drawn from across the world's largest economies and space is made for some original research. Chapters draw on a variety of disciplinary resources to illuminate complex issues at the heart of current research and scholarship.'--Ralph Fevre, Cardiff University, UK

• Contents:1. The politics of labour, work and employmentGregor GallPART I Foundations for Understanding the Politics of Labour, Work and Employment2. A theoretical framework for labour, work, and employment research Bruce E. Kaufman3. Pre- and post-capitalist labour, work and employmentNeil Davidson4. Labour, work and employment in the age of globalised neo-liberalism Jason Heyes and Thomas Hastings5. The neo-liberal state and the regulation of class relationsChris Howell6. Different types of societal regulation – coordinated market economy, social democracy, aspiration of worker controlGreg Patmore7. The politics and diversity of worker representation: the increasing fluidity and challenge of representationMiguel Martínez Lucio and Stephen Mustchin8. Employers and their representatives: discretion, power, markets, and managers in the transformation of twenty first century workGerald Friedman9. Juridification in industrial relationsAlan Bogg10. The moral economy: flexible employment and layers of disconnectionSharon C. Bolton and Knut LaaserPART II Aspects of the Politics of Labour, Work and Employment11. Managing labour and the labour processBill Harley12. Who manages the managers?Graham Sewell13. Beyond the workplace: how civil society organisations attempt to exercise regulatory influence over work and employmentSteve Williams and Brian Abbott14. Types of work and labourRachel Lara Cohen15. Non-standard work and non-standard workersVicki Smith and Brian Halpin16. Non-remunerated work Colin C Williams17. Skills and the social value of work Patricia Findlay18. The expansion of the labour market and the politics of migration Gabriella Alberti 19. Gender segregation and labour market institutionsSiobhan Austen, Therese Jefferson and Linley Lord 20. Labour market, work and employment segregation by race Steve Jefferys21. Training and development – whose interests are being served?Mark Stuart 22. Kinship and community networksRobert MacKenzie, Zyama Ciupijus and Chris Forde Index