1st Edition

Employment and Citizenship in Britain and France

Edited By John Edwards, Jean-Paul Revauger Copyright 2000
282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  One of the most significant features to emerge in the world of work during the past decade has been the change from long-term employment, often with one employer, to a pattern of short-term, flexible working arrangements involving short-term contracts, frequent spells of unemployment, rapid movement into and out of employment and greater labour... Read more
1. IntroductionPart 1: State, Society and Employment2. Flexibility: In Search of New Social Settlement 3. Flexibility and Policies in Employment: Reflections from Several European Countries 4. The New Employment Flexibility: the Perversion of an Ideal? 5. Part-time Employment, the 'Social Movement' and Citizenship: Work in the Arts 6. 'Modernisation' or Insecurity: Labour Market Deregulation and State Retrenchment: the British Case Part 2: Employment Uncertainty and Economic Security 7. Mobility of Manpower in Europe and the Transfer of Social Rights 8. Flexible Labour Markets, Citizenship and Pension Provision: a View from the UK 9. Are Proposals for Pension Reform Compatible with Adaption to Employment Flexibility? 10. Minimum Wages, Flexibility and Social Exclusion Part 3: CitizenshipRights and Employment Security 11. Labour Market Flexibility, Security and Self- Respect 12. Flexibility, Economic Security and Social Rights 13. Citizenship and Work Obligation in Britain and France 14. Labour Market Flexibility in Relation to Citizenship 15. Conclusion

Biography

Edwards, John; Revauger, Jean-Paul