Brett Heino is a Lecturer at the Law School, University of Wollongong, Australia.

This book shows the crucial roles that the state and labour law play in reshaping contemporary capitalism. It casts light on the reasons for stagnant wages, the increasing precariousness of work, growing debt and vulnerability to financial crises. The author makes a strong case for looking at the causal processes through the lens of regulation theory. The focus is Australian, but the implications are global. This is a significant contribution to modern political economy.

• 1. Introducing Labour Law / 2. The Parisian Regulation Approach / 3. The Legal Form, Labour Law and the Law-Administration Continuum / 4. Antipodean Fordism and Liberal-Productivism in Australia / 5. Evolution and Crisis of the Antipodean Fordist Labour Law Regime / 6. Formation and Ascendency of the Liberal-Productivist Labour Law Regime / 7. The Metal Trades Sector and Antipodean Fordist Flow-On / 8. Precarity, Intensification and Work Re-Organisation in the Food Processing Sector / 9. Precarity and Managerial Prerogative in the New South Wales Retail Sector / Conclusion

Brett Heino is a Lecturer at the Law School, University of Wollongong, Australia.

This book shows the crucial roles that the state and labour law play in reshaping contemporary capitalism. It casts light on the reasons for stagnant wages, the increasing precariousness of work, growing debt and vulnerability to financial crises. The author makes a strong case for looking at the causal processes through the lens of regulation theory. The focus is Australian, but the implications are global. This is a significant contribution to modern political economy.

• 1. Introducing Labour Law / 2. The Parisian Regulation Approach / 3. The Legal Form, Labour Law and the Law-Administration Continuum / 4. Antipodean Fordism and Liberal-Productivism in Australia / 5. Evolution and Crisis of the Antipodean Fordist Labour Law Regime / 6. Formation and Ascendency of the Liberal-Productivist Labour Law Regime / 7. The Metal Trades Sector and Antipodean Fordist Flow-On / 8. Precarity, Intensification and Work Re-Organisation in the Food Processing Sector / 9. Precarity and Managerial Prerogative in the New South Wales Retail Sector / Conclusion

Brett Heino is a Lecturer at the Law School, University of Wollongong, Australia.

This book shows the crucial roles that the state and labour law play in reshaping contemporary capitalism. It casts light on the reasons for stagnant wages, the increasing precariousness of work, growing debt and vulnerability to financial crises. The author makes a strong case for looking at the causal processes through the lens of regulation theory. The focus is Australian, but the implications are global. This is a significant contribution to modern political economy.

• 1. Introducing Labour Law / 2. The Parisian Regulation Approach / 3. The Legal Form, Labour Law and the Law-Administration Continuum / 4. Antipodean Fordism and Liberal-Productivism in Australia / 5. Evolution and Crisis of the Antipodean Fordist Labour Law Regime / 6. Formation and Ascendency of the Liberal-Productivist Labour Law Regime / 7. The Metal Trades Sector and Antipodean Fordist Flow-On / 8. Precarity, Intensification and Work Re-Organisation in the Food Processing Sector / 9. Precarity and Managerial Prerogative in the New South Wales Retail Sector / Conclusion