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Title Working for better times : rethinking work for the 21st century / edited by Jean-Michel Servais [and others]
Published Geneva : International Labour Office, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 721 pages)
Contents Working for better times / Jean-Michel Servais -- Employment and concepts of work in the new global economy / G.M. Kelly -- The changing structure of trade linked to global production systems : what are the policy implications? / William Milberg -- Labour flexibility in Europe / Tiziano Treu -- The challenge of decent work / Robert R. Reich -- Social exclusion and social solidarity : three paradigms / Hilary Silver -- Work and development / Henry Bruton and David Fairris -- Inequality, unemployment and contemporary Europe / Amartya Sen -- Equality and empowerment for decent work / Bob Hepple -- The voluntary sector, job creation and social policy : illusions and opportunities / Virginie Pérotin -- Small and medium-sized enterprises and labour law / Geraldo von Potobsky -- The future of work, employment and social protection (the Annecy Symposium, January 2001) / Patrick Bollé -- Good jobs, bad jobs : workers' evaluations in five countries / Joseph A. Ritter and Richard Anker -- Labour law and new forms of corporate organization / Marie-Laure Morin -- Night work of women in industry : standards and sensibility / George P. Politakis -- Employment, social justice and societal well-being / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- The labour market : a lawyer's view of economic arguments / Pietro Ichino -- Work and rights / Amartya Sen -- Women and equality : the capabilities approach / Martha Nussbaum -- Pragmatism and daring in international labour law : reflections of a labour lawyer / Jean-Claude Javillier -- The dynamics of change and the protection of workers / Patrick Bollé -- Perspectives on work : introduction / Alain Supiot -- New perspectives on work as value / Dominique Méda -- Work and the public/private dichotomy / Alain Supiot -- Work and training : a blurring of the edges / Françoise Favenec-Héry -- Combating unemployment, restructuring work : reflections on a French study / Jean Boissonnat -- What is the future of work? Ideas from a French report / Patrick Bollé -- Decline and resurgence of unremunerated work / Raymond Le Guidec -- By way of conclusion : labour law and employment transitions / Gérard Lyon-Caen -- Post-industrial society and economic security / Jean Bapiste de Foucauld -- Work and usefulness to the world / Robert Castel -- The transformation of work and the future of labour law in Europe : a multidisciplinary perspective / Alain Supiot -- Toward a new definition of the employment relationship / Ulrich Mückenberger -- Perspectives on the future of social security / Bernd von Maydell -- Towards a policy framework for decent work / Philippe Egger -- Globalization and decent work policy : reflections upon a new legal approach / Jean-Michel Servais -- Global unionism : a potential player / Andreas Breitenfellner
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Labor.
Labor policy.
Labor laws and legislation.
Labor market.
Work environment.
Employment (Economic theory)
Work
Employment
labor.
employing.
Labor
Labor laws and legislation
Labor market
Labor policy
Work environment
Form Electronic book
Author Servais, Jean-Michel
International Labour Office
ISBN 9221203832
9789221203834