Labour in the 21st century : insights into a changing world of work / edited by Katherine Stone, Emanuele Dagnino and Silvia Fernández Martínez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Katherine Van Wezel, editor.

Dagnino, Emanuele, editor.

Fernández Martinez, Silvia, 1990- editor.

ADAPT (Association for International and Comparative Studies), issuing body.

Series:

ADAPT labour studies book-series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--History--21st century.

Labor.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Several major transformations have characterized the world of work in recent years. Those transformations follow different patterns in different countries, yet their dynamics are so interrelated that it is often hard, if not impossible, to distinguish the causal relationships among them. Technological advances, globalization, old and new media, demographic changes, and new production and economic systems are all key factors acting on this ongoing transformation which is impacting both the world of work and society as a whole. In the spirit of Karl Polanyi, the well-known scholar who described.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Changing Technology, Geography and Vision; Determining Employment as a Development Strategy in a Changing World; The Use of Information and Communication Technology in the Global Workplace as a Factor of Interaction between Different Legal Measures; The Impact of Workplace Innovation on Workers; Cloud Computing; The Vision of Work in the US; Chapter Two: Demographic Changes; Occupational Health and Safety and Older Workers; Active Ageing and Supportive Working Time Measures;

The Regulatory Challenges of Fulfilling the Policy Goal of Protecting Workers from Occupational DiseasesChapter Three: Industrial Relations Put to the Test of the Great Transformation of Work; Modern Social Dialogue; Recent Trends of Collective Bargaining in Europe; Ecological Conversion of Workplaces, Trade Unions and Wage; Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Labour in the 21st century.

ISBN:

9781443873840

1443873845

OCLC:

991596152

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.