03806oam 2200625 a 450 991082915350332120040601200754.0979-84-00-69802-60-313-01178-810.5040/9798400698026(CKB)111087028192268(OCoLC)70720880(CaPaEBR)ebrary10023341(SSID)ssj0000223564(PQKBManifestationID)11190480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223564(PQKBWorkID)10201437(PQKB)11790407(Au-PeEL)EBL3000866(CaPaEBR)ebr10023341(OCoLC)929145160(OCoLC)1438939688(DLC)BP9798400698026BC(MiAaPQ)EBC3000866(EXLCZ)9911108702819226820011130e20022024 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe political economy of work in the 21st century implications for an aging American workforce /Martin Sicker1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2002.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,20241 online resource (223 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-56720-566-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.Cover -- 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.Older peopleGovernment policyUnited StatesAgingEconomic aspectsUnited StatesAge distribution (Demography)Economic aspectsUnited StatesOlder peopleGovernment policyAgingEconomic aspectsAge distribution (Demography)Economic aspects362.6/0973Sicker Martin296234DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910829153503321The political economy of work in the 21st century3969409UNINA