Globalization, the Restructuring of Labour Markets and Policy Convergence

This article investigates the relationship between globalization and labour market reform by examining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD's) ‘Jobs Strategy’. It has been argued that globalization requires, and the competitive forces unleashed by that process require, the national adoption of more flexible, market-based, or ‘neoliberal’ labour market policies or states will face declining labour market …