Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Challenging the Market: The Struggle to Regulate Work and Income 1
5. The nairu, Labour Market “Flexibility,” and Full Employment 33
6. The Causes of High Unemployment: Labour Market Sclerosis versus Macroeconomic Policy 51
7. Institutions and Policies for Labour Market Success in Four Small European Countries 75
8. Challenging Segmentation in South Africa’s Labour Market: “Regulated Flexibility” or Flexible Regulation? 97
9. The Russian Reforms and Their Impact on Labour: A Transition to What? 119
10. Deregulating Industrial Relations in the Apparel Sector: The Decree System in Quebec 135
11. European Labour Market Regulation: The Case of European Works Councils 151
12. Racializing the Division of Labour: Neoliberal Restructuring and the Economic Segregation of Canada’s Racialized Groups 175
13. Towards Perfect Flexibility: Youth as an Industrial Reserve Army for the New Economy 205
14. The Crisis in Rural Labour Markets: Failures and Challenges for Regulation 227
15. Technology, Gender, and Regulation: Call Centres in New Brunswick 246
16. Neoliberalism, Social Democracy, and the Struggle to Improve Labour Standards for Part-time Workers in Saskatchewan 265
17. Labour Market Deregulation and the U.S. Living-Wage Movement 289
18. Gendered Resistance: Organizing Justice for Janitors in Los Angeles 309
19. Labour’s Current Organizational Struggles in Argentina: Towards a New Beginning? 330
20. Critical Times for French Employment Regulation: The 35-Hour Week and the Challenge to Social Partnership 346
21. How Credible Are International Corporate Labour Codes? Monitoring Global Production Chains 365
22. Contributors 385