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Author:   Riccardo Bellofiore ,  R. Bellofiore
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 127.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.536kg
ISBN:  

9781858988481

ISBN 10:   1858988489
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   27 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction 1. After Fordism, What? Capitalism at the End of the Century 2. Structural Unemployment in the Crisis of the Late Twentieth Century 3. Which Europe Do We Need Now? Which can we get? 4. Britain under ‘New Labour’ 5. The Euro and Europe’s Labour 6. The Accumulation Process in Japan and East Asia as Compared with the Role of Germany in European Post-war Growth 7. Historical Notes on the Rise and Fall of Fordism and Flexible Accumulation in the United States 8. Lean Production in North America 9. Management-by-Stress and Skilled Work 10. Is Technical Change the Cause of Unemployment? 11. Intensive and Extensive Investment, Employment and Working Time in the European Union 12. The Transformation of the Italian Labour Market 13. Changing Patterns in the Division of Labour and in the Segmentation of the Labour Force Index

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`This book swims against the current of orthodox assertions and offers a realistic theoretical analysis that supports labor's emancipation.' -- Stavros D. Mavroudeas, Review of Political Economy

'This book swims against the current of orthodox assertions and offers a realistic theoretical analysis that supports labor's emancipation.' -- Stavros D. Mavroudeas, Review of Political Economy

Author Information

Edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, Formerly Professor of Political Economy, University of Bergamo, Italy

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