Research handbook on social policy and employment / edited by Gaby Ramia (Professor of Policy and Society, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia), Zoë Irving (Emeritus Professor of International and Comparative Social Policy, School for Business and Society, University of York, UK), Elke Heins (Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK) and Ricardo Velázquez Leyer (Professor, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramia, Gaby, editor.

Irving, Zoe, editor.

Heins, Elke, editor.

Velázquez Leyer, Ricardo, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar handbooks in social policy and welfare

Elgar handbooks in social policy and welfare series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Economic aspects.

Social policy.

Human services.

Manpower policy.

Cost and standard of living.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This compelling Handbook explores how social policies have been adapted and remodelled in response to transformations in work and employment in the twenty-first century. It outlines the history of the welfare-work relationship, assesses the current state of the global workforce and provides theoretical and practical analyses of the work-employment-social policy relationship. Leading experts review the state of the art in the work-welfare nexus and explore new avenues for future research. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, chapters consider young people in the labour market, unemployment insurance, free trade agreements and employment relations as well as the future of work and the welfare state. They also address core aspects of social protection and employment services, including the policy impact of enduring, current and future challenges. The Handbook sheds light on existing social policy ideas and initiatives which can be used to develop better living conditions for all. This authoritative book is an essential resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, political science, the sociology of work and labour policy. It is also an engaging and informative read for policymakers and civil servants working in employment relations, as well as welfare professionals and civil society actors"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Research handbook on social policy and employment: An Introduction

Part I: Theory and historical development of the work- welfare nexus

2. What is work?

3. Work and welfare in historical perspective

4. The power resources perspective

5. Industrialism, the knowledge-based economy and welfare

6. Wage supplements and capitalism in the UK

Part II: Global inequalities at work

7. Global political economy of labour and social protection: Some issues for a twenty-first-century research agenda

8. Young people and the global workforce: Exploitation, exclusion and unemployment

9. The governance of labour migration and housing: Addressing tensions in labour protection

10. The promise and disappointment of social protection floors: Work and social protection in Africa

Part III: Employment policy, transfers and services

11. Wage negotiations and minimum wages: Can and do they safeguard against poverty?

12. Unemployment insurance

13. Active labour market policy and employment services reform

14. Welfare conditionality: Current issues and future debates

Part IV: Industrial and employment relations dimensions

15. Dualisation of labour markets and its effects on the welfare state and social policies: A global perspective

16. Immigrant worker organising

17. Trade unions and social policy in post-industrial economies: Changing union membership composition and its policy implications

18. Free trade agreements and employment relations

19. Pensions and labour organisation in Latin America: A waning connection

Part V: The future of work and welfare

20. The platform economy: A critical appraisal of the contemporary world of work

21. The future of work from an eco-social perspective: From green growth visions to a post-productivist pathway

22. Universal basic income and its ambivalent relationship with work

23. The future of work and the welfare state: The four-day week as a potential solution?

24. Why do we need to socialise care work and how can it be done?

25. Digital social policy: Research agendas and futures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035317943 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.