Making work more equal: A new labour market segmentation approach

This book presents new theories and international empirical evidence on the state of work and employment around the world. Changes in production systems, economic conditions and regulatory conditions are posing new questions about the growing use by employers of precarious forms of work, the contradictory approaches of governments towards employment and social policy, and the ability of trade unions to improve the distribution of decent employment conditions.

The book proposes a ‘new labour market segmentation approach’ for the investigation of issues of job quality, employment inequalities, and precarious work. This approach is distinctive in seeking to place the changing international patterns and experiences of labour market inequalities in the wider context of shifting gender relations, regulatory regimes and production structures.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Damian Grimshaw is Professor of Employment Studies and Director of Research at the Work and Equalities Institute at the University of Manchester

Colette Fagan is Professor of Sociology and the Deputy Dean and Vice-Dean for Research at the University of Manchester

Gail Hebson is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Manchester

Isabel Tavora is Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Manchester