Labour, Globalization and the State
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Labour, Globalization and the State

Workers, Women and Migrants Confront Neoliberalism

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Labour, Globalization and the State

Workers, Women and Migrants Confront Neoliberalism

About this book

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. Liberalized trade and investment are thought by neoliberals to be the best levers for raising labour standards, provided labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring accompany them. Labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring, at a first glance, appear to be complementary and symmetric policies. In practice, however, they might have very asymmetric consequences. This book addresses these issues, and it presents a comprehensive analysis of the key questions such as:



  • How far is globalization a 'real' threat to the conventional systems of wage fixation, employment pattern, and basic rights at work in both developed, as well as underdeveloped countries?



  • Are casualization and informalization of the workforce direct outcomes of deregulation?



  • How do labour organizations cope with the volatility of the labour market?



  • Are the existing labour market conditions and forms of labour organizations misfits in the globalized business world?



  • Is it at all feasible to choose a high road that combines some degree of labour market flexibility with better labour standards?

This book will be of interest to academics working on International Development, Development Economics, Political Economy, Comparative Labour Studies and Asian Studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Figures
  5. Tables
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. 1. Neoliberal Globalization, Labour and the State
  9. 2. Liberalized Trade, Foreign Investments and Labour Standards: Can or Should They Converge In a New International Division of Labour?
  10. 3. State, Market and the Household: Social Reproduction of Third World Labour In an Era of Globalization
  11. 4. Overseas Migration, Outsourcing and Economic Growth In South Asia
  12. 5. Informalization, Migration and Women: Recent Trends In Asia
  13. 6. The Impact of Globalization and Neoliberalism On the Decline of Organized Labour In the United States
  14. 7. Global Pressure and Minimum Wages
  15. 8. Into the Fold: The Legacy of Labour’s Subordination In Post-Colonial India
  16. 9. Right to Strike: Is It a Legitimate Countervailing Power In the Globalized Era? a Case Study of India
  17. 10. Unorganized Manufacturing, Flexible Labour and the ‘Low Road’: Lessons from Contemporary India
  18. 11. Revisiting Gendered Home-Based Work In the Context of Reforms
  19. Appendix: Selected Statistics On Indian Workers