Hope it is OK to post to the list now. Have other readers of/ participants in the list come across the following which may be of interest to them? 'World Employment Policies 1996/7 - National Policies in a Global Context' (ISBN 92 2 110326 9) price �18.90 available from Marion Motts, International Labour Office, Vincent House, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2NB, UK. Tel +44 0101 828 6401/ Fax +44 0171 233 5925. It argues that 'full employment is still achievable despite economic globalisation.. While the report recognises the adverse impact that globalisation can have on specific groups, it also believes that there are significant benefits and opportunities for all countries. It calls for governments to target their assistance measures more effectively, and for countries to co-operate more in order to free up the flow of trade and investment, improve international financial stability, protect basic labour rights and help the least development countries. Increased labour market flexibility is not the solution to the unemployment situation, says the report, which concludes by calling for a combination of measures that will tackle the economic, social and employment problems.' Similarly the ILO's 'International Labour Review' Vol 135, No 6 (ISSN 0020 7780) �11.88 from ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland (Tel 41 22 799 61 11/ Fax 41 22 798 63 58, Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] code for Switzerland I guess) 'rethinks the nature and future of work in t� he light of economic "liberalisation".. Among issues explored by the ten contributors are: * rethinking the concept of work and how to manage its transformation * the value of labour law and the need for its overhaul, including a clause for the right to work * work and the low significance of the wage-employment model in India * alternative views about the value of work in western society, based on the idea of "a good society" * resurgence of unremunereated work, its importance and value * the dichotomy between public and private sector work and * blurring the boundaries between work and training. Incidentally to the discussion which seems to have emerged recently on the list of 'what is the futurework list for', this is the sort of information I have picked up through reading the list so I thought it only fair to put something back (although I am sure someone else will probably already have spotted it and posted it to the list). I value the list for this sort of information as well as the wise words of Ray Harrell Evans and others whose discussions I enjoy. I think that Ray is right to say that the future of work is ultimately an aesthetic question and this agrees with what I take to be the position of our two greatest modern Western philosophers - Marx and Nietzsche. Immediately however the future of work is obviously an economic and political issue. However, my efforts to participate in the discussion on the list have been hampered I think by cultural differences - I don't really share the same (North American) universe/ form of life and therefore find it hard to join in but I don't mind. I have replied to several contributors to the discussion individually and sometimes get replies back from them, so I would imagine this sort of discussion also goes on around the list unmonitored by the excellent list-servers. I am sending this to the new futurework address. I hope it gets there. All your messages seem to reach me as usual - touch wood! with best wishes, Patrick Ainley.
