Global Labour Flexibility: Seeking Distributive Justice

by Guy Standing

What models of distributive justice can the twenty-first century promote to challenge the spread of insecurity, inequality and social fragmentation? The twentieth century was dominated by competition between two labour models of society - state socialism and welfare state capitalism, which promoted forms of labour security. Since the 1970s globalization and flexible labour markets have increased insecurity and inequalities. After a period dominated by libertarianism, politicians and social thinkers must find ways of promoting distributive justice, based on basic security and new forms of voice representation and regulation. Dismissing the approach of the `new paternalists', this book presents a vision combining security of income and representation without moralistic state control.

Genres: Economics

457 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 1999

About the author

Guy Standing is a British professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN).

Standing has written widely in the areas of labour economics, labour market policy, unemployment, labour market flexibility, structural adjustment policies and social protection. His recent work has concerned the emerging precariat class and the need to move towards unconditional basic income and deliberative democracy.

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[Nadinedebussy]

"Guy Standing was born on September 1, 1873 in London, England. He was an actor, known for Les trois lanciers du Bengale (1935)"

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[Karen Cockerill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Text book for our Post Grad course on Globalisation. History of labour and some mind bloggling views on flexible labour and globalisation. Not an easy read but certainly an interesting read