Flexicurity and political philosophy : towards a majority-friendly Europe / Andranik Tangian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanguiane, Andranick S., 1952-

Series:

European political, economic and security issues series.

European Political, Economic, and Security Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor policy--Europe.

Labor policy.

Labor market--Europe.

Labor market.

Job security--Europe.

Job security.

Quality of work life--Europe.

Quality of work life.

Europe--Social policy.

Europe.

Europe--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Flexicurity is a European labour market policy adopted in 2007 within the European Employment Strategy. This policy aims at combining the ongoing flexibilization of employment relations with the traditions of the European welfare state. This book examines and summarizes thirty empirical studies in flexicurity written by the author in 2004 and 2010. The book provides empirical evidence of increasing labour flexibility accompanied by a decline of social security. The author also shows that the countries with higher flexibility are more affected by the crisis. This is a serious warning against im

Contents:

""FLEXICURITY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: TOWARDS A MAJORITY-FRIENDLY EUROPE""; ""FLEXICURITY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: TOWARDS A MAJORITY-FRIENDLY EUROPE""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CONCEPTION OF FLEXICURITY""; ""DEREGULATION OF LABOUR MARKETS""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF FLEXICURITY APPROACH""; ""THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION�S DEFINITION OF FLEXICURITY""; ""THE COMMISSION�S PRINCIPLES OF FLEXICURITY""; ""THE COMMISSION�S IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS""; ""THE COMMISSION�S PHRASEOLOGY""; ""RESPONSES TO FLEXICURITY""

""WHAT IS YET FLEXICURITY?""""Chapter 2: OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF FLEXICURITY""; ""DEFINITION AND MAIN DIMENSIONS""; ""TRACING FLEXIBILITY�SECURITY TRADE-OFFS WITH MATRICES""; ""FLEXICURITY TRADE-OFFS IN A POLICY SPACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 3: FLEXICURITY FROM THE NEO-LIBERAL VIEWPOINT""; ""COMMODIFICATION OF LABOUR RIGHTS""; ""FLEXIBILITY INDICATOR""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY INDICATOR""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 4: FLEXICURITY FROM THE TRADE UNIONIST VIEWPOINT""; ""TRADE UNIONIST UNDERSTANDING OF FLEXICURITY""; ""SOCIAL UTILITY FUNCTION WITH NO TRADE-OFFS""

""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 5: FLEXICURITY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE EUROPEAN WELFARE STATE""; ""FLEXICURITY AND THE EUROPEAN WELFARE STATE""; ""NORMATIVE EVALUATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY""; ""EVALUATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BY SURVEY SIMULATION""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 6: FLEXICURITY IN THE WORKING TIME PERSPECTIVE""; ""FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE""; ""INDEXING FLEXIBILITY AND CONVENIENCE OF WORKING TIME""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 7: FLEXICURITY AND PRECARIOUS WORK""

""MORE AND BETTER JOBS THROUGH FLEXIBILITY AND SECURITY""""INDEXING FLEXIBLE AND PRECARIOUS WORK AT THE MICRO-LEVEL""; ""INSTITUTIONAL AND FACTUAL FLEXIBILITY""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 8: FLEXICURITY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF QUALITY OF JOBS AND LIFELONG LEARNING""; ""TRAINING AND THE FLEXICURITY CONCEPT""; ""DATA AND INDICATORS""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""ATTITUDE TOWARD TRAINING""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 9: FLEXICURITY IN COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS""; ""COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND FLEXICURITY""; ""FLEXIBILITY AND SECURITY IN COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""

""COMPUTER AID FOR FLEXICURITY-RELEVANT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING""""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 10: MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FLEXICURITY WITH REGARD TO THE CRISIS""; ""FLEXICURITY CHALLENGED BY THE CRISIS""; ""INDICATORS OF FLEXIBILITY, SECURITY AND GRAVITY OF ECONOMIC SITUATION""; ""EMPIRICAL FINDINGS""; ""INFLUENCE OF PARTIAL INDICATORS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 11: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FLEXICURITY""; ""HOW IS THE CRISIS RELATED TO FLEXICURITY?""; ""VIEWPOINTS AT THE NATURE OF CRISES""; ""BANKING AND REAL ECONOMY""; ""GLOBALIZATION AND FLEXIBILIZATION""; ""PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""SUMMARY""

""Chapter 12: DISCUSSION: SEVEN PROPOSALS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62808-640-8

OCLC:

865473690