Labour Market Policies in the Era of Pervasive Austerity : : A European Perspective / / ed. by Sotiria Theodoropoulou.

This book investigates the changing patterns of labour market and unemployment policies in EU member states during the period since fiscal austerity took hold in 2010 during the deepest postwar recession in Europe. Looking at the big European picture, do we see a convergence or a divergence in labou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (400 p.) :; 53 Black and White
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Labour market policies in the era of European pervasive austerity: a review
  • Structural reforms in Europe: a comparative overview
  • Income support policies and labour market reforms under austerity in Greece
  • The Italian labour market policy reforms and the economic crisis: coming towards the end of Italian exceptionalism?
  • French employment market policies: dualisation and destabilisation
  • The German exception: welfare protectionism instead of retrenchment
  • The Netherlands and the crisis: from activation to ‘deficiency compensation’
  • Dualising the Swedish model: insiders and outsiders and labour market policy reform in Sweden: an overview
  • No longer ‘fit for purpose’? Consolidation and catch-up in Irish labour market policy
  • Retrenchment, conditionality and flexibility – UK labour market policies in the era of austerity
  • Czechia: political experimentation or incremental reforms?
  • Slovakia: perpetual austerity and growing emphasis on activation
  • Slovenian labour market policies under austerity: narrowing the gap between the well- and the less well-protected in the labour market?
  • Conclusions
  • Index