Non-standard employment in Europe : paradigms, prevalence and policy responses

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Non-standard employment in Europe : paradigms, prevalence and policy responses

edited by Max Koch and Martin Fritz

(Work and welfare in Europe)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Richard Hyman Introduction: Changing Employment Standards in a Crisis-ridden Europe
  • Martin Fritz and Max Koch PART I: THE THEORETICAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND 1. A Conceptual Approach of the Destandardization of Employment in Europe since the 1970s
  • Jean-Claude Barbier 2. Employment Standards in Transition: From Fordism to Finance-Driven Capitalism
  • Max Koch 3. Non-Standard Employment and European Union Employment Regulation
  • Julia S. O'Connor PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES 4. The Expansion of Temporary Employment in Spain (1984-2010): Neither Socially Fair nor Economically Productive
  • Jorge Sola, Luis Enrique Alonso, Carlos J. Fernandez Rodriguez and Rafael Ibanez Rojo 5. 'Flexicurity' through Normalization? Changes in Scope, Composition and Conditions of Temporary Employment in Croatia
  • Teo Matkovi? 6. Destandardization of Employment in the UK: Issues, Politics and Policy Re-Invention
  • Lefteris Kretsos and Miguel Martinez Lucio 7. Non-Standard Employment in Poland: Option or Necessity?
  • Anna Buchner-Jeziorska 8. Revival of the 'German Model'? Destandardization and the New Labour Market Regime
  • Hajo Holst and Klaus Doerre 9. Non-Standard Employment and Perceptions of Job Characteristics and Labour Market Situation: An Intra-Nordic Comparison
  • Bengt Furaker PART III: THE COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 10. Should We Care about Part-Time Work from a Poverty Perspective? An Analysis for the EU15 Countries
  • Jeroen Horemans and Ive Marx 11. Temporary Employment and Poverty in the Enlarged European Union: An Empirical and Comparative Analysis
  • Wim Van Lancker 12. Non-Standard Employment and Anomie in the EU
  • Martin Fritz 13. Conclusion: Non-Standard Employment: Concept, Empirical Results and Policy Implications
  • Max Koch and Martin Fritz

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