Labour Regulation and Development

Socio-Legal Perspectives

Edited by Shelley Marshall, Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University, Australia and Colin Fenwick, Head of Labour Law and Reform Unit, International Labour Office, Switzerland

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This book is an exploration of arguments about the economic and social effects of the regulation of labour, and whether it is likely to be helpful or harmful to development. Authored by contributors from a variety of fields, primarily legal as well as development studies, economics and regulatory studies, the book presents both empirical and theoretical analyses of the issues. With authors from several continents, this collection is unique in that it focuses on labour regulation in poor and middle-income countries rather than industrialised ones, therefore making it a significant contribution to the field.

‘Marshall and Fenwick have sculpted a rich body of essays by brilliant scholars from developed and developing countries. Labour Regulation and Development takes the reader on innovative angles of approach to poverty, inequality, informality, exclusion, gender and ethnic discrimination, supply-chain dynamics, trade and investment flows, regulatory enforcement capacity and other challenges in the global economy. This volume confronts head-on debates about labour market regulation and whether it helps or hurts economic development. Their approaches differ, but the contributors here make a powerful case for strong regulatory institutions that promote economic development while advancing social justice.’
——兰斯同情、美国康奈尔大学