Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive Justice [Hardcover]

Guy Standing (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0312225253 | ISBN-13: 978-0312225254 | Publication Date: September 4, 1999

What models of distributive justice can the twenty-first century promote to challenge the spread of insecurity, inequality, and social fragmentation? The 20th century was dominated by competition between two labor models of society--state socialism and welfare state capitalism, which promoted forms of labor security. Since the 1970s, globalization and flexible labor markets have increased insecurity and inequalities. After a period dominated by libertarianism, politicians and social thinkers must find ways of promoting distributive justice, based on basic security and new forms of voice representation and regulation. Dismissing the approach of the "new paternalists," this book presents a new vision combining security of income and representation without moralistic state control.

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'Guy Standing, an imaginative economist at the International Labour Organisation, provides us with a stimulating analysis of the labour markets of the industrialised economies during the past century.' - Robert Taylor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Guy Standing is Senior Economist for International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 459 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (September 4, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312225253
• ISBN-13: 978-0312225254
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars "stimulating analysis of labor markets", November 17, 1999

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This review is from: Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive Justice (Hardcover)

To quote Robert Taylor,Financial Times: "...Guy Standing, an imaginative economist at the International Labour Organization, provides us with a stimulating analysis of the labour markets of the industgrialised economies during the past century."