| Description |
xviii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy |
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Routledge studies in the modern world economy.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Legal progress towards reducing working hours -- 3. Global trends in actual working hours -- 4. Gender, age and working time -- 5. Tertiarization, informalization and working time -- 6. Working time issues in developing countries -- 7. Summary and implications for policy |
| Summary |
"John Maynard Keynes once made the bold prediction that the three-hour work day would prevail for his grandchildren's generation. Seventy years later, the question or working time is as pertinent as it was at the inception of the 40-hour week. Not until now, however, has there been a global comparative analysis of working time laws, policies and actual working hours. Despite a century-long optimism about reduced working hours and some progress in legal measures limiting working hours, this book demonstrates that differences in actual walking hours between industrialized and developing countries remain considerable - without any clear sign of hours being reduced. This study aims to offer some suggestions about how this gap can begin to be closed. Lee McCann and Messenger trace the theoretical background of the concept of working time before examining recent trends in working time laws in developing countries and countries in transition." |
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"This book will be of great interest to policy-makers engaged with working conditions or health and safely, labour market experts, trade union leaders and workers' organizations, as well as academics and researchers in the fields of industrial relations, labour economics and labour law."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-167) and index |
| Subject |
Hours of labor.
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Hours of labor -- Law and legislation.
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Labor laws and legislation.
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Hours of labor -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
McCann, Deirdre M.
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Messenger, Jon C. (Jon Carleton), 1960-
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International Labour Organisation.
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| LC no. |
2007004840 |
| ISBN |
9780415439374 hb |
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041543937X hb |
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9789221193111 hb |
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922119311X hb |
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