| New Rules for a New Economy: Employment and Opportunity in Post-Industrial America Contributor(s): Herzenberg, Stephen a. (Author), Alic, John A. (Author), Wial, Howard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801486580 ISBN-13: 9780801486586 Publisher: ILR Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: "This book is a tretise on the changing demographics of the American workforce and how corporations should work to alter job patterns on order to adapt to evolving employment trends. The authors first cite statistics to show the lack of growth in pay, benefits, and positions for the lowest-skilled workers. Despite the technological and economic growth since World War II, the majority of manufacturing jobs remain low paying and provide few prospects for future growth. According to these workers will improve without changes in these jobs. Among the strategies the authors advise: raising the minimum wage and expanding training programs across different companies". -- Publishers Weekly "New Rules for a New Economy is long overdue.(The)authors...deliver a keenly perceptive study, broad in scope but also generous in case study-based detail. Many of the trends they discern are sweeping manufacturing as well as services, rendering the book's insights and recommendations widely applicable. In fact, to understand work in the United States today, this is the single most important book to read". -- Dollars and Sense "A stimulating book". -- Financial Times of London "A concise survey of the labor market problems and innovative approaches to deal with them". -- Choice |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Labor - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.120 |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Series: Ilr Press Books |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.98" W x 8.96" (0.66 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Three quarters of the American workforce is now employed in services, a substantial portion in low-paying, dead-end jobs. Can the service economy do as well by the American worker as the old manufacturing economy? Can the widely shared prosperity that accompanied steady increases in productivity and performance in manufacturing be replicated in the services? They can and they will, the authors of this timely book contend, but only if outmoded policies and practices are brought into line with the new economy. New Rules for a New Economy explains why this must be accomplished and how we can start.The authors call for new, decentralized institutions suited to a dynamic economy in which change is constant and rapid. In particular, they see a need for job ladders and worker associations that cut across firm boundaries. These institutions would foster individual and collective learning, mark out career paths, and facilitate coordination among both individuals and organizations in a networked economy. The authors propose new rules to reshape labor market institutions and policy, improving economic performance and opportunities for workers. Unusual in providing a comprehensive theoretical perspective that is grounded in detailed case research, this book points the way to a better future, not just for elite knowledge workers but for everyone. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wial, Howard: - Howard Wial is the former Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is coauthor of New Rules for a New Economy, also from Cornell, and coeditor of Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects. |