Labor Standards, Gender, and Decent Work in Newly Industrialized Countries: Promoting the Good Society

Alex Ruyter, Ajit Singh, Tonia Warnecke and Ann Zammit

Chapter Chapter 7 in Alternative Perspectives of a Good Society, 2012, pp 121-146 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As the shortcomings of the dominant “Washington Consensus” approach to economic development and well-being become ever more apparent, there has been increasing concern expressed at the pitfalls of globalization and the activities of multinational corporations (Sen 1999; Rodrik 2001; Stiglitz 2002; Bailey and De Ruyter 2007). In particular, concerns have been expressed over the growth of vulnerable employment (largely in the informal sector) that has occurred directly as a result of neoliberal policies espoused under the Washington Consensus; the “Washington Consensus” approach has ignored gender, labor, and environment issues and further entrenched existing inequalities (De Ruyter and Warnecke 2008).

Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Informal Sector; International Labour Organization; Domestic Worker; Informal Worker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230337800_7

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