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020			_a9780313011788 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9781567205664
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050		4	_aHQ1064.U5S533 2002
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100	1		_aSicker, Martin.
245	1	4	_aThe Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century : _bImplications for an Aging American Workforce.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Publishing USA, _c2002.
264		4	_c©2002.
300			_a1 online resource (224 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES -- 1 THE REAL WORLD OF WORK AND RETIREMENT -- NOTES -- 2 THE CHANGING EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF A NEW ECONOMY -- NOTES -- 3 THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICAN BUSINESS -- THE NEW SHAPE OF BUSINESS -- Employment and the Small Business -- NOTES -- 4 GLOBALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY -- GLOBALIZATION AND ORGANIZED LABOR -- GLOBALIZATION, POPULATION, AND EMPLOYMENT -- NOTES -- 5 DOWNSIZING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- DOWNSIZING IN THE PRIVATE-SECTOR -- THE IMPACT OF DOWNSIZING -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- NOTES -- 6 THE DECLINE OF CORPORATE PATERNALISM -- FROM CORPORATE PATERNALISM TO PARTNERSHIP -- IMPLICATIONS FOR OLDER WORKERS -- NOTES -- 7 RESTRUCTURING THE WORKFORCE -- GROWTH OF THE NONSTANDARD WORKFORCE -- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROCESS -- SELF-EMPLOYMENT -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- 8 DOWNWAGING THE WORKFORCE -- THE ECONOMIC STATE OF WORKING AMERICA -- THE EARNINGS LADDER -- HAVE REAL WAGES DECLINED FOR MOST AMERICANS? -- THE LABOR MARKET -- IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- 9 THE QUESTION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- THE ORIGINS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE -- WHO BENEFITS FROM THE MINIMUM WAGE? -- DOES ANYONE LOSE FROM MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES? -- WILL A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON EMPLOYMENT?25 -- THE MINIMUM WAGE AS A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 10 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REVISITED -- THE SHIFT TOWARD A NEW RESPONSIBILITY -- NOTES -- 11 NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT POLICIES -- NOTES -- 12 NATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICIES -- FISCAL POLICY -- MONETARY POLICY -- TRADE POLICY -- NOTES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- ARTICLES AND REPORTS -- INDEX -- About the Author.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aOlder people -- Government policy -- United States.
650		0	_aAging -- Economic aspects -- United States.
650		0	_aAge distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- United States.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSicker, Martin _tThe Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century _dNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA,c2002 _z9781567205664
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3000866 _zClick to View
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