1st Edition

Globalisation, State and Labour

Edited By Peter Fairbrother, Al Rainnie Copyright 2006
176 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Globalisation, State and Labour combines a new theoretical approach with comparative analysis – ensuring that it will be of vital interest to anyone concerned with the globalization debate, the future of the state, and organized labour. It shows how although the world is undergoing enormous changes involving politics, the economy and society, the position and place of the state, and... Read more

Preface  Contributors  Tables and Figures  Abbreviations   The Enduring Question of the State  Restructuring State Economy Relations  The State We Are In (and Against)  The Emergence of the ‘De-Centred’ British State  New Public Management in Denmark   Changing Public Sector Industrial Relations in the Australian Commonwealth  Public Sector Restructuring, Management Strategy and Trade Union Response  The Restructuring of National States in the Global Economy

Biography

Peter Fairbrother works at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.

Al Rainnie is a professor in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia.