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Duman examines the transition from Keynesianism to monetarism by presenting an analysis of labour market reforms in Greece and Turkey - questioning the role of class struggle on the implementation process. She also scrutinises the influence of the global economic crisis and the execution of reform policies in these two countries.
List of contents
Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF LABOUR MARKET REFORMS 1. Theorising Labour Market Reforms 2. Specific Forms and the Legacies of Class Struggle 3. The Rise and Fall of Keynesianism: An Outline of the Labour-Capital Relations 4. The Rise and Consolidation of Monetarism: Transformation of the Labour Regime PART II: LABOUR MARKET REFORMS IN THE MONETARIST ERA 5. Deunionisation and Suppression of Collective Bargaining 6. Deregulation and Flexibilisation 7. Social Security Reform and Privatisation PART III: CRISIS OF MONETARISM 8. The Current Global Economic Crisis: Transformation of the Labour Market Conclusion: Whither Capitalism?
About the author
Özgün Sar?mehmet Duman is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, ?pek University, Turkey. She is also an associate fellow at the EU Centre in Singapore. Her research mainly addresses theories of state, social policy, economic crises and labour markets.
Summary
Duman examines the transition from Keynesianism to monetarism by presenting an analysis of labour market reforms in Greece and Turkey - questioning the role of class struggle on the implementation process. She also scrutinises the influence of the global economic crisis and the execution of reform policies in these two countries.
