Contents
Tables and Figures
Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. The Transformation of Employment Regimes: A Worldwide Challenge
Part I. The New Political Economy of Employment
2. Changes in the Labor Market and the Nature of Employment in Western Countries
3. Labor Market Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis
4. The Decline of the Standard Contract of Employment in the United States: A Socio-Regulatory Perspective
Part II. Revising Legal Conceptions of Employment
5. Burying Caesar: What Was the Standard Employment Contract?
6. “The Employment Contract Is Dead! Hurrah for the Work Contract!” A European Perspective
Part III. The Restructuring of LaborMarket Institutions
7. Erosion, Exhaustion, or Renewal? New Forms of Collective Bargaining in Germany
8. Flexibility and Security in Post–Standard Employment Relations: The Netherlands
9. Regional and Local Experiments for Labor Market Policy in Europe
10. New Forms of Dispute Resolution: Japan’s Labor Tribunal System
11. Organizational Primacy: Employment Conflict in a Post–Standard Contract World
Part IV. Beyond the Employment Nexus
12. Flexibility and Security in Employment Regulation: Learning from Denmark
13. The Regulation of Supply Chains: An Australian Contribution to Cross-National Legal Learning
14. Organizing Nonstandard Workers in Japan: Old Players and New Players
Part V. Social Policy in Changing Labor Markets
15. Safety Nets and Transition Assistance: Continuity and Change in a Liberal Welfare State
16. Flexible Work, Flexible Pensions: Labor Market Change and the Evolution of Retirement Savings
17. Work-Family Balance and Gender Equality: Pension Reform and Antidiscrimination Law
18. Social Rights in Changing Labor Markets: Caring for Caregivers in the European Union
Part VI. Learning Without Borders
19. Cross-National Legal Learning: The Uses of Comparative Labor Knowledge, Law, and Policy
Appendix. The Decline in the Standard Employment Contract: A Review of the Evidence
Index