Labor and Urban Studies

Labor Studies

Unions and Workplace Reorganization

Edited by Bruce Nissen

A comprehensive assessment of the changing role of labor unions in economic restructuring.

Contesting the Market: Pay Equity and the Politics of Economic Restructuring

Deborah M. Figart and Peggy Kahn

An exploration of pay equity in the context of a deregulating global economy.

Women’s Liberation and the Dialectics of Revolution: Reaching for the Future

Raya Dunayevskaya

This rich collection of thirty-five years of Dunayevskaya’s writings develops the dialectics of revolution which emerges from masses in motion, including labor, youth, the black dimension, as well as women’s liberation.

Broken Patterns: Professional Women and the Quest for a New Feminine Identity

Anita M. Harris

A historical examination of how the mother-daughter relationship has shaped the experience of working women in America.

Lean Work: Empowerment and Exploitation in the Global Auto Industry

Edited by Steve Babson

The controversial Japanese model of “lean production” and its impact on work and workers in the global auto industry.

Employment Security and Labor Market Flexibility: An International Perspective

Edited by Kazutoshi Koshiro

Examines the critical issues that affect labor market flexibility and job security in the main industrialized economies in an attempt to more fully understand the complex forces at work within such labor markets.