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Globalisation, state, and labour

Edited by Peter Fairbrother and Al Rainnieraham
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Book description
The world is undergoing enormous change involving politics, the economy and society, however the position and place of the state and the significance of state policy in this process is heavily contested. Globalisation, State and Labour presents a timely opportunity to review and re-assess the modern state in regard to labour.

Using major studies from four countries (UK, Denmark, Australia and New Zealand) the contributors to this volume challenge many preconceptions regarding globalization and labour organization including the notions that the state is being marginalized by the processes of globalization and trade unions are becoming irrelevant. The essays, written by leading researchers in the area, develop a new theoretical framework which puts work, workers and their organizations at the heart of analysing state restructuring.

This book is an important corrective to much recent work on work, employment and restructuring and the role of organized labour. Combining a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis this book will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with globalization debate, the future of the state and organized labour.

About the author
Al Rainnie is a professor in the Department of Management and Director of the Institute of Regional Studies at Monash University.

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