Books and reports

June 2011

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   Regulating for Decent Work. New directions in labour market regulation

   13 June 2011

   This book advances the academic and policy debates on post-crisis labour regulation by identifying new challenges, subjects and theoretical perspectives. It identifies central themes in the contemporary regulation of labour, including the role of empirical research in assessing and supporting labour market interventions, the regulation of precarious work and the emergence of new types of labour markets.

February 2010

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   Labour law and worker protection in developing countries

   06 February 2010

   This study reflects on labour law’s ability, in its current form, to protect workers’ rights and secure decent working conditions in the developing world. It identifies and examines structural weaknesses and challenges brought about by globalization and, against this background, explores regulatory and policy responses which have been made at different governance levels to enhance the scope and application of labour regulation, focusing particularly on Latin America, South Asia and southern Africa. This is a co-publication with Hart Publishing.

August 2009

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   Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy

   26 August 2009

   PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated.

May 2009

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   International and comparative labour law: current challenges

   27 May 2009

   Written by a leading expert in labour law, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing labour law in the twenty-first century across the globe. Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan Publishers

October 2008

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   Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   08 October 2008

   This unique study reviews employment conditions in Asia and the Pacific in the context of globalization and the increasing pressures towards flexibilization. It places a strong focus on the divergent experiences of individual workers regarding their employment conditions...

July 2007

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   Working time around the world

   05 July 2007

   This pioneering study is the first of its kind to offer a comparative analysis of working time trends in developing and transition countries. This is a co-publication with Routledge Publishers