The government of inequalities : critique of neoliberal insecurity -- The dynamics of the political event : micropolitics and the process of subjectification -- Economic and subjective impoverishment under neoliberalism -- Appendix 1: Kafka and the production of culpability -- Appendix 2: Kafka,...

Regional political economy and labor reform -- The roots of unemployment and the political economy of lay-offs -- Remaking China's urban welfare and labor market policies -- Pathways to re-employment -- Contention, protest, and social order -- Conclusion

Changes in the structure and regulation of employment in Japan differentially impact men and women. The labor force participation of Japanese women is increasing, but women's employment is concentrated in relatively deregulated and flexible forms of non-standard and precarious employment. Women...