Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe

Based on contributions from international experts, this volume provides an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life courses in nine different modern societies, and of cross-nationally varying political strategies to mediate this influence.

Based on contributions from international experts, this volume provides an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life courses in nine different modern societies, and of cross-nationally varying political strategies to mediate this influence.

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Foreword; G. Esping-Andersen Notes on Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION  Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe; S. Buchholz, K.Kolb, D.Hofäcker  & H.Blossfeld PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON CONSERVATIVE WELFARE REGIMES  Selective Flexibilization and Deregulation of the Labour Market; S.Buchholz  & K.Kolb   The Flexibilization of the Dutch Labour Market; R.Wielers  & M.Mills PART III: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOUTHERN EUROPEAN WELFARE REGIMES  The Flexibilization of the Spanish Labour Market; J.Martínez Pastor  & F.Bernardi   Italy: No Country for Young Men (and Women); P.Barbieri PART IV: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WELFARE REGIMES  A Recipe for Coping with the Challenge of Globalization?; D.Hofäcker   Changing Work-Life Inequality in Sweden; T.Korpi  & M.Tåhlin PART V: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON POST-SOCIALIST WELFARE REGIMES  The Estonian Form of Globalization; J.Helemäe  & E.Saar   From Guaranteed Employment to Job Competition; A.Baranowska PART VI: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTION LIBERAL WELFARE REGIMES  The Effects of Flexibilization on Social Divisions and Career Trajectories in the UK Labour Market; C.Purcell, M.Flynn,  & U.Ayudhya PART VII: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION  The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets and the Development of Social Inequalities; D.Hofäcker, S.Buchholz, K.Kolb,  & H.Blossfeld Index