Labor, Globalization and the State: Workers, Women and Migrants Confront Neoliberalism : Routledge : 9780415449236 : 0415449235 : 13 Dec 2007 : This book explores the impact of neoliberal globalization on labour markets and the state in the developed and developing world. It focuses especially on the United States and the economies of Asia ? in particular, India. Liberalized trade and investment are thought by neoliberals to be the best levers for raising labour standards, provided labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring accompany them. Labour market flexibility and capital market restructuring, at a first glance, appear to be complementary and symmetric policies. In practice, however, they might have very asymmetric consequences. This book addresses these issues, and it presents a comprehensive analysis of the key questions such as: How far is globalization a ?real' threat to the conventional systems of wage fixation, employment pattern, and basic rights at work in