The structuring of labour markets : a comparative analysis of the steel and construction industries in Italy

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF FIGURES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• INTRODUCTION = 1
• 1 The Labour Market and the Labour Market Segmentation Debate = 5
• 1.1 The labour market : a critique of the traditional view = 5
• 1.2 The labour market segmentation approach : a historical perspective = 7
• 1.2.1 The idea of non-competing groups
• 1.2.2 From empirical evidence to the definition of a new approach
• 1.2.3 The non-competitive labour market
• 1.2.4 The dual labour market theory
• 1.3 The LMS debate : the need for a more comprehensive approach = 14
• 1.3.1 The different hypotheses about labour market segmentation
• 1.3.2 Which worker gets which job?
• 1.3.3 Mobility
• 1.3.4 Categories
• 1.3.5 The structuring of labour markets
• 1.4 Preliminary conclusion = 23
• 2 The Economic and Technological Framework for Analysis of the Labour Market Structure = 28
• 2.1 The steel and construction industries in Italy = 28
• 2.1.1 The nature of the product
• 2.1.2 Technology in use
• 2.1.3 The industrial structure
• 2.1.4 Demand, product market pricing, and production activity
• 2.2 Conclusions = 48
• 3 Division of Labour in Steel and Construction = 53
• 3.1 The case studies = 53
• 3.1.1 The steel industry
• 3.1.2 The construction industry
• 3.2 Division of labour and characteristics of jobs in the steel industry = 56
• 3.2.1 Differences between process, maintenance, and ancillary workers
• 3.3 The production process and the division of labour in construction = 64
• 3.3.1 Improvements and restructuring
• 3.3.2 New building : traditional techniques
• 3.3.3 The use of subcontracting
• 3.3.4 The Coffrage Tunnel
• 3.4 Conclusions = 73
• 4 The Labour Market Structure in the Steel Industry = 78
• 4.1 The classification system in use = 78
• 4.1.1 The grading of staff workers, foremen, and manual workers
• 4.1.2 The grading of manual workers
• 4.1.3 The development of workers' occupational qualifications
• 4.1.4 Workers' grading and workers' skills
• 4.2 Entry = 91
• 4.2.1 Demand for labour and hiring policies
• 4.2.2 Screening devices
• 4.2.3 Recruitment methods and ports of entry
• 4.2.4 Differences in hiring policies
• 4.3 Career and internal mobility = 106
• 4.3.1 Differences in work organization between the plants
• 4.3.2 Entry jobs
• 4.3.3 Training
• 4.3.4 Vacancies and internal mobility
• 4.3.5 Turnover
• 4.4 Conclusions = 119
• 5 The Labour Market Structure in Construction = 124
• 5.1 Skills = 124
• 5.1.1 Skills and trades
• 5.1.2 Division of labour, subcontracting, and skills
• 5.1.3 The structure of the labour force by skill
• 5.2 Employment flexibility = 130
• 5.3 Workers entering construction = 138
• 5.4 Training = 141
• 5.4.1 Subcontracting and training
• 5.5 Internal and external mobility = 147
• 6 Preliminary Conclusions = 158
• 6.1 Labour market structures differ = 158
• 6.2 Why do labour market structures differ? = 160
• 6.3 The dynamics of the labour market structure = 164
• 7 The Dynamics of the labour market structure in the Steel Industry = 168
• 7.1 The evolution of the steel industry = 168
• 7.1.1 Economic development
• 7.1.2 Technical innovation
• 7.2 The social organization of the steel industry in the 1950s and 1960s = 171
• 7.2.1 The labour market structure
• 7.3 The job analysis and job evaluation system = 178
• 7.4 The impact of changes in the Italian labour movement on the organization of the labour process = 182
• 7.4.1 Changes in the Italian labour movement
• 7.4.2 Changes in the steel industry
• 7.4.3 Changes in the organization of the labour process in the steel industry
• 7.5 Problems of rigidity and the need for flexibility = 191
• 7.5.1 The problems
• 7.5.2 The possible solutions
• 7.5.3 The work group
• 7.5.4 Effects on the labour process
• 7.6 Conclusions = 200
• 8 The Dynamics of the Labour Market Structure in the Construction Industry = 208
• 8.1 The evolution of the construction industry = 208
• 8.2 The traditional building enterprise = 212
• 8.2.1 Technology in use
• 8.2.2 Division of labour
• 8.2.4 Hierarchy, training, and career
• 8.2.4 Labour market conditions
• 8.2.5 Trade union organization and labour market structure
• 8.3 The rise of the large industrial building enterprise = 223
• 8.3.1 The introduction of reinforced concrete
• 8.3.2 Division of labour
• 8.3.3 Hierarchy, training, and career
• 8.3.4 The labour market conditions
• 8.3.5 Trade union action and the labour market structure
• 8.4 Changes in the industrial structure = 235
• 8.4.1 Subcontracting : the sources of decentralization
• 8.4.2 Fragmentation and trade union organization
• 8.4.3 Fragmentation and the new mobility patterns
• 8.5 Conclusions = 250
• 9 Conclusions : The Structuring of Labour Markets = 255
• 9.1 The labour market and the LMS approach = 256
• 9.2 The labour market and its functions = 257
• 9.2.1 The social reproduction of labour
• 9.2.2 Existing and changing employment opportunities
• 9.2.3 Workers' position in the labour market
• 9.2.4 The transformation of labour power into labour
• APPENDICES
• A. Production process and technology in use in the steel industry = 276
• B. The industrial structure of the Italian steel industry = 281
• C. Technical innovation and diffusion in construction = 285
• D. Tables on the steel industry = 291
• E. Tables on the construction industry = 356
• REFERENCES = 397
• 1 The labour market segmentation debate = 397
• 2 The steel industry = 403
• 3 The construction industry = 407
• 4 Official publications = 412
• INDEX = 413