Non-standard employment under globalization : flexible work and social security in the newly industrializing countries / edited by Koichi Usami.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Usami, Kōichi.

Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flexible work arrangements--Developing countries.

Flexible work arrangements.

Informal sector (Economics)--Developing countries.

Informal sector (Economics).

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labor markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of employment"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : transformation of employmente and social security in newly industrializing countries : problems and analytical concepts / Koichi Usami

Labor and social security reforms in Mexico : from the perspective of state-labor relationships / Keiko Hata

Re-thinking Argentina's labor and social security reform in the 1990s : agreement on competitive corporatism / Koichi Usami

The changing nature of employment and the reform of labor and social security legislation in post-apartheid South Africa / Kumiko Makino

The impact of the transformation of labor relations on social security system reform in the People's Republic of China : the growing allure and reality of corporatism / Yukari Sawada

The tripartite relationship and social policy in Taiwan : searching for a new corporatism? / Yasuhiro Kamimura

Labor and welfare for an advanced economy in the Republic of Korea : a policy mix of universalism and neoliberalism / Jo-Seol Kim.

Notes:

"IDE-JETRO."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230238480

0230238483

OCLC:

468230882