Systems of Production

An impressive array of expert contributors come together to provide a study of issues, such as labour market regulation and wages, that have arisen from the fact that people have come to accept longer working hours as a way of life.
In recent years we have seen the predictions of our forebears that leisure time would increase as the years pass utterly confounded. It is a fact of life that in major cities across the world, transport systems are full to bursting with people on their way to and from work. As people have come to accept longer working hours as a way of life, a number of new issues have come into play. These include labour market regulation, contract work and outsourcing, wages and increased attempts at better organisation. Contributors to this volume include Mark Harvey, Jane Humphries and Frank Wilkinson.