Competitive pressures for EU industries have mounted because the international division of labour through trade has been complemented by corporate globalisation strategies. The EU is shown to' have dealt with this challenge less successfully than the other two members of the Triad. So far, it...

Mapping the contours of work -- Scenes from the new economy -- Culture and work -- Structure and work -- Class structures -- Job markets and job demands -- Demography and the new labor force -- Agency and careers -- Conclusion -- How new is the new economy? -- The old in the new -- A...

The South in the era of market dominance -- Reengineered and rewired: downsized business and the insecure worker -- After the deluge: office workers and the era of uncertainty in Virginia -- Wealth against commonwealth: Southern labor in the era of market dominance -- Trading in Southern...