Working for better times : rethinking work for the 21st century / edited by Jean-Michel Servais...[et. al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Servais, Jean-Michel.

International Labour Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor.

Labor policy.

Labor laws and legislation.

Labor market.

Work environment.

Physical Description:

xi, 721 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To most people, work is the mainstay of livelihood, social integration, and identity. But the twentieth-century meaning of "work" can no longer be taken for granted. As patterns of work continue to shift in response to the demands of production and trade in the global economy, major challenges have arisen --not only in the lives of individual workers, but also for employers exposed to global competition and for the makers of national and international policy and law. At the heart of the debate lies the challenge of reframing the concepts and rules whereby people's socioeconomic security and the human dimensions of work can be reconciled with the global market's growing need for competitive labor flexibility. This volume offers unique insights into current thinking and policy options on these crucial issues. It consists of a selection of articles from the ILO's flagship journal, the International Labour Review, including contributions by such distinguished scholars as Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Sir Bob Hepple, and Alain Supiot.

Contents:

Cover

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. WORKING FOR BETTER TIMES

PART I. POLICY CHALLENGES IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

2. EMPLOYMENT AND CONCEPTS OF WORK IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY

3. THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF TRADE LINKED TO GLOBAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: WHAT ARE THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS?

4. LABOUR FLEXIBILITY IN EUROPE

5. THE CHALLENGE OF DECENT WORK

6. SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY: THREE PARADIGMS

7. WORK AND DEVELOPMENT

8. INEQUALITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

9. EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT FOR DECENT WORK

10. THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, JOB CREATION AND SOCIAL POLICY: ILLUSIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

PART II. QUALITY OF WORK, QUALITY OF LIFE

11. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES AND LABOUR LAW

12. THE FUTURE OF WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

13. GOOD JOBS, BAD JOBS: WORKERS' EVALUATIONS IN FIVE COUNTRIES

14. LABOUR LAW AND NEW FORMS OF CORPORATE ORGANIZATION

15. NIGHT WORK OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY: STANDARDS AND SENSIBILITY

16. EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIETAL WELL-BEING

PART III: FRESH PERSPECTIVES, NEW IDEAS

17. THE LABOUR MARKET: A LAWYER'S VIEW OF ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS

18. WORK AND RIGHTS

19. WOMEN AND EQUALITY: THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH

20. PRAGMATISM AND DARING IN INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW

21. THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE AND THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS

22. PERSPECTIVES ON WORK: INTRODUCTION

23. NEW PERSPECTIVES ON WORK AS VALUE

24. WORK AND THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DICHOTOMY

25. WORK AND TRAINING: A BLURRING OF THE EDGES

26. COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT, RESTRUCTURING WORK: REFLECTIONS ON A FRENCH STUDY

27. WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF WORK? IDEAS FROM A FRENCH REPORT

28. DECLINE AND RESURGENCE OF UNREMUNERATED WORK

29. BY WAY OF CONCLUSION: LABOUR LAW AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS

30. POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY.

31. WORK AND USEFULNESS TO THE WORLD

32. THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK AND THE FUTURE OF LABOUR LAW IN EUROPE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE

33. TOWARDS A NEW DEFINITION OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

34. PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY

35. TOWARDS A POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR DECENT WORK

36. GLOBALIZATION AND DECENT WORK POLICY: REFLECTIONS UPON A LEGAL APPROACH

37. GLOBAL UNIONISM: A POTENTIAL PLAYER.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-2-120383-2

OCLC:

927199026