Globalization, uncertainty and late careers in society / edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz and Dirk Hofäcker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter.

Buchholz, Sandra, 1976-

Hofäcker, Dirk.

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology ; 21.

Routledge advances in sociology ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Employment--Europe.

Older people.

Occupational mobility--Europe.

Occupational mobility.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Older people--Employment.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xxix, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Contents:

1 Globalization, accelerating economic change and late careers. A theoretical framework / Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofacker, Hans-Peter Blossfeld 1

2 Late careers and career exits. An international comparison of trends and institutional background patterns / Dirk Hofacker, Stepanka Pollnerova 25

Part II Country-specific contributions on conservative welfare regimes

3 Men's late careers and career exits in West Germany / Sandra Buchholz 55

4 Labor market exits of older men in the Netherlands. An analysis of survey data 1979-99 / Kene Henkens, Matthijs Kalmijn 79

Part III Country-specific contributions on Southern European welfare regimes

5 Men's late careers and career exits in Italy / Wiebke Beckstette, Mario Lucchini, Antonio Schizzerotto 101

6 Men's late careers and career exits in Spain / Fabrizio Bernardi, Luis Garrido 119

Part IV Country-specific contributions on liberal welfare regimes

7 Late career transitions among men and women in the United States / David Warner, Heather Hofmeister 141

8 Late careers and career exits in Britain / Katrin Golsch, David Haardt, Stephen P. Jenkins 183

Part V Country-specific contributions on social-democratic welfare regimes

9 Late careers and career exits in Sweden / Gabriella Sjogren Lindquist 211

10 Late careers and career exits in Norway / Arild Aakvik, Sven-Age Dahl, Kjell Vaage 235

11 Late careers and career exits of older Danish workers / Dirk Hofacker, Soren Leth-Sorensen 255

Part VI Country-specific contributions on post-socialist welfare regimes

12 Employment exits of older workers in the Czech Republic / Dana Hamplova, Stepanka Pollnerova 281

13 Late careers and career exits in Estonia / Kadri Taht, Ellu Saar 301

14 Late careers and career exits in Hungary / Erzsebet Bukodi, Peter Robert 323

15 Late careers in a globalizing world. A comparison of changes in twelve modern societies / Dirk Hofacker, Sandra Buchholz, Hans-Peter Blossfeld 353.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0415376459

OCLC:

65400755

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