Regulating Flexibility: The Political Economy of Employment Standards 9780773576766

A timely analysis of employment standards legislation that calls for a new approach to labour market regulation.

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Regulating Flexibility: The Political Economy of Employment Standards
9780773576766

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Mark P. Thomas

Table of contents :
Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 “Labour Flexibility” and the Political Economy of Employment Standards
2 The Origins of Flexible Employment Standards
3 Recessions, Reforms, and Labour Market Transformation, 1970s–1990s
4 Back to the Sixty-Hour Work Week: Flexible Employment Standards for the “New Economy”
5 Working for Better Standards? Labour Market Regulation in a Global Economy
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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