Non-standard Employment under Globalization

Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labour markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of employment.

Autorentext
KOICHI USAMI has been studying on social policies and welfare states in Latina America and Asia. His major works are: Comparative Study of Social Security Systems in Asia and Latin America: A Contribution to the Study of Emerging Welfare State ' in The Developing Economies, Vol. XLII No. 2, 2004; ' Latin American Social Security Reform in the 1990s ' (Junji Nakagawa ed.) Managing Development: Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy (London: Routledge, 2006).

Inhalt
Introduction Labor and Social Security Reforms in Mexico: From the Perspective of State-Labor Relationships Re-thinking Argentina's Labor and Social Security Reform in the 1990s: Agreement on Competitive Corporatism The Changing Nature of Employment and the Reform of Labor and Social Security Legislation in Post-Apartheid South Africa The Impact of the Transformation of Labor Relations on Social-Security System Reform in the People's Republic of China: The Growing Allure and Reality of Corporatism The Tripartite Relationship and Social Policy in Taiwan: Searching for a New Corporatism? Labor and Welfare for an Advanced Economy in the Republic of Korea: A Policy Mix of Universalism and Neo-liberalism