Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 488 g
Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 488 g
Reihe: Springer Studies in Work and Industry
ISBN: 978-1-4612-8089-7
Verlag: Springer US
In the two decades before the mid-1970s, macroeconomic policies in Western Europe were frequently accompanied by policies of direct wage restraint in the pursuit of acceptable levels of employment, inflation, and international competitiveness. The same period witnessed a proliferation of social welfare programs, elements of which were sometimes commingled with demand management and pay policies in trilateral bargaining processes involving gov ernments, unions, and employers. In the wake of such subsequent develop ments as the oil price shocks, sharply intensified international competition, and slowing of growth rates in productivity, however, governments resorted more frequently to deflationist macroeconomic policies and also to policies aimed directly at increasing IIflexibility" in wage determination and the de ployment of labor by the firm. It is a major theme of this very interesting book that these labor market policies have not been demonstrably (or at least sufficiently) effective in com bating the high rates of unemployment which have been prevalent in most of the countries of Western Europe since the late 1970s. This theme emerges from the chapters on labor market developments and policies in six countries of Western Europe, the United States, and Hungary (a welcome addition to this type of scholarship), as well as another set of chapters'devoted to specific policy areas. In effect, Samuel Rosenberg and his colleagues-an interna tional team of nineteen economists and sociologists-are repeating in con crete terms a sermon preached by Keynes over a half century ago.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
Weitere Infos & Material
I. Introduction.- 1 Labor Market Restructuring in Europe and the United States: The Search for Flexibility.- II. Government Policy and the Labor Market: Country Studies.- 2 Government Policy and the Labor Market: The Case of the United Kingdom.- 3 Fissure and Discontinuity in U.S. Labor Management Relations.- 4 The Restructuring of the Labor Market, the Labor Force, and the Nature of Employment Relations in the United States in the 1980s.- 5 Employment Policy, the State and the Unions in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 6 Reregulating the Labor Market amid an Economic and Political Crisis: Spain, 1975–1986.- 7 The State, the Unions, and the Labor Market: The Italian Case, 1969–1985.- 8 State Regulation, Enterprise Behavior and the Labor Market in Hungary, 1968–1983.- III. Youth, Antidiscrimination, and Working-Time Policies.- 9 Youth Interventions, Job Substitution, and Trade Union Policy in Great Britain, 1976–1986.- 10 The Reagan Administration and the Regulation of Labor: The Curious Case of Affirmative Action.- 11 Work-Sharing Public Policy in France, 1981–1986.- 12 Part-Time Employment: A Response to Economic Crisis?.- IV. Conclusion.- 13 The State and the Labor Market: An Evaluation.
