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 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.

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

 Introduction In Search of the Global Labor Market: Conceptual Meanings, Empirical Evidence and Open Questions
  Ursula Mense-Petermann, Thomas Welskopp and Anna Zaharieva

part 1
What 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 Welskopp

1 Labor Markets in History A Global View
 Marcel van der Linden

2 Free Wage Labor as the Most System-Relevant Mode for Allocating Work under Capitalism
  Thomas Welskopp

3 Reflections on Violence Some Contradictions of 'Free Labor'
  Richard Hyman

4 The Role of Gender in the Making of Global Labor Markets
  Alexandra Scheele

part 2
The Market Concept and Its Heuristic Potential

  Introduction to Part 2 The Market Concept and Its Heuristic Potential
  Peter-Paul Banziger and Ursula Mense-Petermann

5 What Is Unique about Labor Markets?
  Patrik Aspers

6 The Contributions and Limits of Market Theory for the Study of Labor Markets
  Karen Shire

7 An Object of Analysis Rather Than a Research Tool The Coproduction of Labor Markets and Nation States in the Decades around 1900
  Peter-Paul Banziger

8 Analytical Capacities and "Blind Spots" of the Market Concept in Analyzing Cross-Border Labor Migration

Ursula Mense-Petermann and Helen Schwenken

part 3
What Enables Labor to Cross Borders?

  Introduction to Part 3 What Enables Labor to Cross Borders?
  Sven Kesselring and Karen Shire

9 The Role of Social Networks for Job Search in National and Transnational Labor Markets
  Anna Zaharieva

10 Transnational Labor Markets and the Role of Market Makers-The Case of Eastern European Service Contract Workers in the German Meat Industry
  Ursula Mense-Petermann

11 Emergence and Demise of Labor Market Institutions A Transnational Perspective
  Sigrid Quack

part 4
What Is the Global in Labor Markets?

  Introduction to Part 4 What Is the Global in Labor Markets?
  Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Eleonore Kofman

12 Scales and Spaces of Global Labor Markets
  Eleonore Kofman

13 Global Institutions and Governance
  Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

14 What Is Global about Global Markets? A Historical Sociological Approach
  Martin Buhler and Tobias Werron

  Concluding Remarks and Avenues for Future Research
Ursula Mense-Petermann, Thomas Welskopp and Anna Zaharieva

Index