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Cover Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Editors:
Laura Alfers
,
Martha Chen
, and
Sophie Plagerson

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. Illustrating how current social contracts may be considered inadequate, irrelevant or unjust, Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers to advocate for radically new conceptualizations of state-society, capital-labour and state-capital-labour relations characterised by recognition, responsiveness and reciprocity.

Open access
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
10 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108068
Collections:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Telework in the 21st Century
Telework in the 21st Century
An Evolutionary Perspective
Editor:
Jon C. Messenger
Technological developments have enabled a dramatic expansion and also an evolution of telework, broadly defined as using ICTs to perform work from outside of an employer’s premises. This volume offers a new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades. It reviews national experiences from Argentina, Brazil, India, Japan, the United States, and ten EU countries regarding the development of telework, its various forms and effects. It also analyses large-scale surveys and company case studies regarding the incidence of telework and its effects on working time, work-life balance, occupational health and well-being, and individual and organizational performance.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Nov 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903751
Collections:
Economics 2019
Cover Towards Convergence in Europe
Towards Convergence in Europe
Institutions, Labour and Industrial Relations
Editor:
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations – focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions – in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.
Open access
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Apr 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978071
Collections:
Economics 2019
Cover Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth
Editors:
Bjørn Hvinden
,
Jacqueline O’Reilly
,
Mi A. Schoyen
, and
Christer Hyggen
Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, it compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries. Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a variety of methods, as the book shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity.
Open access
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
22 Feb 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118798
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe
Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe
Problems, Risk Factors and Policies
Editors:
Bjørn Hvinden
,
Christer Hyggen
,
Mi A. Schoyen
, and
Tomáš Sirovátka
Providing original insights into the factors causing early job insecurity in European countries, this book examines its short- and long-term consequences. It assesses public policies seeking to diminish the risks to young people facing prolonged job insecurity and reduce the severity of these impacts. Based on the findings of a major study across nine European countries, this book examines the diverse strategies that countries across the continent use to help young people overcome employment barriers.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
22 Feb 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118897
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019