Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe

✍ Scribed by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Kathrin Kolb (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 345
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe: Theoretical Framework....Pages 3-22
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Selective Flexibilization and Deregulation of the Labour Market: The German Answer to Increased Needs for Employment Flexibility and Its Consequences for Social Inequalities....Pages 25-45
The Flexibilization of the Dutch Labour Market: The Impact of Globalization on the Life Course and Inequality....Pages 46-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
The Flexibilization of the Spanish Labour Market: Meaning and Consequences for Inequality from a Life-Course Perspective....Pages 79-107
Italy: No Country for Young Men (and Women): The Italian Way of Coping with Increasing Demands for Labour Market Flexibility and Rising Welfare Problems....Pages 108-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
A Recipe for Coping with the Challenge of Globalization? Trends in Labour Market Flexibilization and Life Course Inequality in Denmark....Pages 149-176
Changing Work–Life Inequality in Sweden: Globalization and Other Causes....Pages 177-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
The Estonian Form of Globalization: Advantageous for Young Adults and Ethnic Estonians....Pages 211-235
From Guaranteed Employment to Job Competition: The Flexibilization of the Polish Labour Market....Pages 236-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
The Effects of Flexibilization on Social Divisions and Career Trajectories in the UK Labour Market....Pages 261-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets and the Development of Social Inequalities: Comparing Evidence from Nine Globalized Countries....Pages 295-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-327

✦ Subjects

Politics of the Welfare State; Political Sociology; European Culture; Sociology of Work; Sociology, general; Social Policy

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