Non-standard employment under globalization : flexible work and social security in the newly industrializing countries /

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Imprint:Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Description:ix, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7922493
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Other authors / contributors:Usami, Kōichi.
Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
ISBN:9780230238480 (hardback)
0230238483 (hardback)
Notes:"IDE-JETRO."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labor markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of employment"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Introduction: Transformation of Employment and Social Security in Newly Industrializing Countries: Problems and Analytical Concepts
  • 1. Labor and Social Security Reforms in Mexico: From the Perspective of State-Labor Relationships
  • 2. Re-thinking Argentina's Labor and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism
  • 3. The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • 4. The Impact of the Transformation of Labor Relations on Social Security System Reform in the People's Republic of China: The Growing Allure and Reality of Corporatism
  • 5. The Tripartite Relationship and Social Policy in Taiwan: Searching for a New Corporatism?
  • 6. Labor and Welfare for an Advanced Economy in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Mix of Universalism and Neoliberalism
  • Index