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Labour market policies in the era of pervasive austerity : a European perspective
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- Summary
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This edited volume investigates the changing patterns of labour market and unemployment policies in EU member states during the period since the politics of austerity took hold in 2010.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Sotiria Theodoropoulou
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 1447335880, 9781447335870, 9781447335863, 9781447335887, 1447335899, 9781447335900, 1447335902, 1447335864, 1447335872, 9781447335894
- OCLC
- on1028200126
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Intro; LABOUR MARKET POLICIES IN THE ERA OF PERVASIVE AUSTERITY; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Labour market policies in the era of European pervasive austerity: a review; Introduction; New approaches to labour market policies under the pressures of 'permanent austerity' and the emergence of 'new' social risks; Blame avoidance, credit claiming and patterns of policy change; New policy agendas; Is this time different?; Empirical approach and organisation of the book; 2. Structural reforms in Europe: a comparative overview; Introduction
- Socio-economic reforms in Europe: common path or different strategies?Structural reforms in the European Union: some conceptual clarification; Structural reform trends: a cluster-by-cluster overview; Concluding remarks; Appendix; 3. Income support policies and labour market reforms under austerity in Greece; Introduction; Income support; Active labour market policies; Employment protection legislation; Conclusion; Appendix; 4. The Italian labour market policy reforms and the economic crisis: coming towards the end of Italian exceptionalism?; Introduction
- Main aspects of the Italian labour market before and since the onset of the crisisChanges in the traditional model: from the mid-1990s until the crisis; Towards a new institutional landscape: the 'long jump' of labour market policy reforms during the economic crisis; A fragile and still incomplete path towards a new labour market policy regime; 5. French employment market policies: dualisation and destabilisation; Introduction; Macroeconomic and labour market background; Labour market policies prior to the crisis: the gradual shift towards dualisation
- Labour market policies since 2009: cyclical measures to support young people and flexibilisation reformsConclusion: France under austerity and the ambiguous attempt to tackle dualisation; 6. The German exception: welfare protectionism instead of retrenchment; Introduction; Welfare reforms during the 2000s; Germany during the crisis; Welfare reforms since 2010: re-regulation rather than retrenchment policies; Conclusion; 7. The Netherlands and the crisis: from activation to 'deficiency compensation'; Introduction; The consequences of the crisis and early policy reactions
- Reform of the Dutch unemployment provision system and active labour market policies up to the crisis (1980s-2008)Emergency measures and reform plans (2008-10); The politics of reform (2010-present); Conclusion; 8. Dualising the Swedish model: insiders and outsiders and labour market policy reform in Sweden: an overview; Introduction; Labour market policy reform from the 1990s and onwards; Recent developments: labour market policy and economic crisis; Conclusion; 9. No longer 'fit for purpose'? Consolidation and catch-up in Irish labour market policy; Introduction