8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

European Welfare States and Globalization

Ali Hajighasemi

This timely book assesses how Europe’s welfare states have dealt with the challenges of globalisation and the financial crisis. It asks whether the European Union has adopted a general strategy for dealing with four major threats to the ...

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Handbook of the Politics of Labour, Work and Employment

Edited by Gregor Gall

Providing a thorough overview of the political nature and dynamics of the world of work, labour and employment, this timely Handbook draws together an interdisciplinary range of top contributors to explore the interdependent relationship...

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Precarious Work

Edited by Jeff Kenner, Izabela Florczak, Marta Otto

This discerning book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of the legal and social policy challenges posed by the spread of different forms of precarious work in Europe, with various social models in force and a growing ‘gig econo...

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Self-Employment as Precarious Work

Edited by Wieteke Conen, Joop Schippers

Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed – and even reversed in some countries – and the prospect of ‘being your own boss’ is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia...

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Handbook on In-Work Poverty

Edited by Henning Lohmann, Ive Marx

There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘working poor’. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, ...

Paperback (2019)

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The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe

Edited by Renata Semenza, François Pichault

This book aims at explaining the variance in legal status, working conditions, social protection and collective representation of self-employed professionals across Europe. Despite considerable diversity, the authors observe three strate...

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Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe

Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi A. Schoyen, Tomáš Sirovátka

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Providing original insights into the factors causing early job insecurity in European countr...

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Negotiating Early Job Insecurity

Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi A. Schoyen, Christer Hyggen

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young ...

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Youth, Diversity and Employment

Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden

Including youth in the labour market is a major challenge facing many European countries. This book examines the transitions from education to employment with a focus on Nordic youth in the broader European context. The book combines ins...

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Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies

Edited by Susan Hayter, Chang-Hee Lee

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This book examines industrial and employment relations in the emerging economies of Brazil, ...

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Environmental Policy, Sustainability and Welfare

Thomas Aronsson, Kenneth Backlund, Karl-Gustaf Löfgren

This comprehensive and accessible textbook addresses important relationships between economics and environmental policy, highlighting in particular the role of taxation. It also connects environmental policy to social accounting by descr...

Paperback (2018)

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