Labor, Globalization and the State

This book explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world. It focuses especially on the United States and the economies of Asia - in particular, India.

Auteur

Debdas Banerjee is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, and former Fulbright Senior Scholar at the MIT, Cambridge. He has authored books on globalization, labour, industrial restructuring, and dependence.

Michael Goldfield is Professor of Industrial Relations and Human Resources, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University. He has authored numerous books and articles on labor, industrial relations, race relations, and globalization.

Contenu

1. Neoliberal Globalization, Labour, and the State Debdas Banerjee and Michael Goldfield
   2. Liberalized Trade, Foreign Investments and Labour Standards: Can or Should they Converge in a New International Division of Labour? Debdas Banerjee
      3. State, Market and the Household: Social Reproduction of Third World Labour in an Era of Globalization Rakhi Sehgal
         4. Overseas Migration, Outsourcing and Economic Growth in South Asia S.M. Naseem
            5. Informalisation, Migration and Women: Recent Trends in Asia Jayati Ghosh
               6. The Impact of Globalization and Neoliberalism on the Decline of Organized Labour in the United States Michael Goldfield
                  7. Global Pressure and Minimum Wages Howard Guille
                     8. Into the Fold: The Legacy of Labour's Subordination in Post-Colonial India Vivek Chibber
                        9. Right to Strike: Is it a Legitimate Countervailing Power in the Globalized Era?: A Case Study of India Ketan Mukhija and Rohan Shah
                           10. Unorganised Manufacturing, Flexible Labour and the 'Low Road': Lessons from Contemporary India Satyaki Roy
                               11. Revisiting Gendered Home-Based Work in the Context of Reforms Meena Gopal