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The Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century: Implications for an Aging American Workforce. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)-

Publication: Industrial Relations (Canadian)
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03
Format: Online - approximately 962 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Political Economy of Work in the 21st Century: Implications for an Aging American Workforce. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)-(book review)

Article Excerpt
par Martin SICKER, Westport, Conn. Quorum Books, 2002, 208 p., ISBN: 1-56720-566-6.

C'est une analyse prospective de la place des travailleurs et travailleuses vieillissantes au sein du marche de l'cmploi du [XXI.sup.c] siecle que M. Sicker affirme presenter dans cet ouvrage. Cette analyse, a son avis, doit debuter par une remise en question des postulats de l'economie neoliberale. II questionne, en effet, la place centrale accordee au concept idolatre du marche en insistant sur le fait que, contrairement a la doxa neoliberale, l'environnement actuel dans lequel naviguent tant les entreprises que les individus qui sont sur le marche du travail, se caracterise davantage par son incertitude que par la possibilite de prendre des risques calcules. L'objectif de ce livre, souligne neanmoins l'auteur, homme d'action cngage, n'est pas tant de pourfendre une theoric economique qui juge les comportements de travailleurs vieillissants 'a partir de...

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