Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The influence of the legal and institutional framework -- The economy and society diverge : setting up the insecurity cycle -- The state steps in : and then back out again -- More problems with capitalism : but new ideas are slow to gain traction --...

Just as the 1929 Stock Market Crash discredited Classical economic theory and policy and opened the way for Keynesianism, a consequence of the collapse of confidence in financial markets and the banking system – and the effect that this has had on the global macro economy – is currently...

The I/N case offers insight into the interrelationship between work systems, living standards and performance. It demonstrates that a high road approach and functional work systems positively impact stakeholders' lives, improve production efficiency and benefit the local and macro-level...