In Search of the Global Labor Market

Ursula Mense-Petermann is a Professor of Economic Sociology and the Sociology of Work at Bielefeld University, Germany. Recent publications include articles in Global Networks , Journal of Industrial Relations and critical perspectives on international business.Thomas Welskopp († August 19, 2021), Bielefeld University, was a Professor for the History of Modern Societies. His research interests were on labor and labor movement history, comparative history of capitalism, political culture and social movements, and theoretical problems in history.Anna Zaharieva is a Professor of Labor Economics at Bielefeld University, Germany. She gained her PhD from the University of Konstanz. Recent publications include articles in The International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics and Labour Economics.

• PrefaceList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction In Search of the Global Labor Market: Conceptual Meanings, Empirical Evidence and Open QuestionsUrsula Mense-Petermann, Thomas Welskopp and Anna Zaharievapart 1What Is Meant by Labor Exchanged in Labor Markets?Introduction to Part 1 What Is Meant by Labor Exchanged in Labor Markets?Richard Hyman and Thomas Welskopp1 Labor Markets in History A Global ViewMarcel van der Linden2 Free Wage Labor as the Most System-Relevant Mode for Allocating Work under CapitalismThomas Welskopp3 Reflections on Violence Some Contradictions of “Free Labor”Richard Hyman4 The Role of Gender in the Making of Global Labor MarketsAlexandra Scheelepart 2The Market Concept and Its Heuristic PotentialIntroduction to Part 2 The Market Concept and Its Heuristic PotentialPeter-Paul Bänziger and Ursula Mense-Petermann5 What Is Unique about Labor Markets?Patrik Aspers6 The Contributions and Limits of Market Theory for the Study of Labor MarketsKaren Shire7 An Object of Analysis Rather Than a Research Tool The Coproduction of Labor Markets and Nation States in the Decades around 1900Peter-Paul Bänziger8 Analytical Capacities and “Blind Spots” of the Market Concept in Analyzing Cross-Border Labor MigrationUrsula Mense-Petermann and Helen Schwenkenpart 3What Enables Labor to Cross Borders?Introduction to Part 3 What Enables Labor to Cross Borders?Sven Kesselring and Karen Shire9 The Role of Social Networks for Job Search in National and Transnational Labor MarketsAnna Zaharieva10 Transnational Labor Markets and the Role of Market Makers—The Case of Eastern European Service Contract Workers in the German Meat IndustryUrsula Mense-Petermann11 Emergence and Demise of Labor Market Institutions A Transnational PerspectiveSigrid Quackpart 4What Is the Global in Labor Markets?Introduction to Part 4 What Is the Global in Labor Markets?Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Eleonore Kofman12 Scales and Spaces of Global Labor MarketsEleonore Kofman13 Global Institutions and GovernanceRebecca Gumbrell-McCormick14 What Is Global about Global Markets? A Historical Sociological ApproachMartin Bühler and Tobias WerronConcluding Remarks and Avenues for Future ResearchUrsula Mense-Petermann, Thomas Welskopp and Anna ZaharievaIndex