Reading list:
Introductory readings:
Elger, T. and Edwards, P. (1999) ‘National states and the regulation of labour in the global economy’, in P. Edwards and T. Elger (eds.) The Global Economy, National States and the Regulation of Labour, London: Mansell.
Nolan, P. (2011) ‘Money, markets, meltdown: the 21st century crisis of labour’, Industrial Relations Journal, 42(1):2-17.
Globalization Essential Reading:
Brecher, J. and Costello, T (2011) Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Charon J. and Vigilant, L. (eds) Social Problems: Readings with Four Questions, 2nd edition, Cengage Learning (available through KLE)
Dicken, P. (2011) Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy, 6th Edition, London: Sage Publications. (E-book). Especially chapters 2.
Coffey, D. and Thornley, C. (2009) Globalization and Varieties of Capitalism: New Labour, Economic Policy and the Abject State, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Available in Keele (E-book). Especially chapter 2
Thornley, C., Jefferys, S. and Appay, B. (Eds) (2010), Globalization and Precarious Forms of Production and Employment: Challenges for Workers and Unions, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. (E-book). Especially chapters 1 and 3
Migration Essential Readings:
Anderson, B and Ruhs, M (2010) Migrant Workers, Who needs them? A Framework for the Analysis of Staff Shortages, Immigration and Public Policy inAnderson, B. and Ruhs, M. and Anderson eds; Who Needs Migrant Workers: Labour shortages, Immigration and Public Policy, Oxford, OUP. ( digitisation)
Meardi, G. (2010) Looking for ultimate flexibility: Intra-EU labour mobility and labour market uncertainty Paper for the ESRC seminar on Migrant Workers,University of East Anglia, 17th June 2010
MacKenzie, R. and Forde, C. (2009) ‘The rhetoric of the `good worker’ versus the realities of employers’ use and the experiences of migrant workers’, Work Employment Society 23; 142 (E-journal).
