Redundancy, Layoffs and Plant Closures : Their Character, Causes and Consequences (Hardcover)

1.Introduction Raymond M. Lee 2. Redundancy and Class Analysis C. C. Harris 3. Redundant Populations: Deindustrialisation in a North-East English Town Lydia Morris 4. Redundancy and the Labour Market: The Role of ‘Readaptation Benefits’ Ralph Fevre 5. Redundancy and the Older Worker Bill Bytheway 6. Ethnic Inequality in Layoff Chances: The Impact of Unionisation on Layoff Procedure Daniel B. Cornfield 7. Women and the Redundancy Process: A Case Study Claire Callender 8. Plant Closing: A Comparison of Effects on Women and Men Workers Carolyn C. Perrucci, Dena B. Targ, Robert Perrucci and Harry R. Targ 9. Workers’ Struggles in Steel in France and in the USA: Autonomy and Constraint at Longwy, Lorraine and at Youngstown, Ohio Olivier Kourchid 10. ‘Save Dorothy’: A Political Response to Structural Change in the Steel Industry Cynthia Deitch and Robert Erickson 11. Unemployment After Redundancy and Political Attitudes: Some Empirical Evidence Iain Noble 12. Redundancy and Health Mel Bartley.