1st Edition

Scrutinising Polarisation Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market

Edited By Tomas Berglund, Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson Copyright 2024
224 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book scrutinises polarisation in Sweden, identifying patterns and variations in labour market transformation and exploring the consequences in terms of jobs, income, prestige, unionization and employment security, as well as the effects on different social groups. Through a series of empirical studies, it sheds light on changes in the occupational structure and the ways in which these... Read more

1. Scrutinizing Polarization: An Introduction

Tomas Berglund and Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson

2. The Swedish Labour Market Model in Transition

Tomas Berglund

3. The Transformation of the Occupational Structure in Sweden

Tomas Berglund

4. Occupational Prestige and Gendered Polarization

Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson and Erica Nordlander

5. Polarized Perceptions of Occupational Prestige?

Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson

6. Transmitted Inequalities? The Second Generation and Migration History Penalties on the Swedish Labour Market

Gabriella Elgenius, Denis Frank, Vedran Omanovíc, and Tomas Berglund

7. Work Environment Trajectories and Consequences for Trends for Sickness Absence and Occupational Disorders

Lotta Dellve, Linda Corin, Hans Ekbrand and Gunnel Hensing

8 Exploring Mechanisms Behind Polarisation: Digitalisation and Flexibilisation in Manufacturing Companies

Anna Hedenus and Erica Nordlander

9. Riding the Waves of  Precarity: Understanding the Impact of Platform Work in Food Delivery

Sophie Banasiak and Kristin Jesnes

10. Changes in Trade Union Membership and Attitudes to Unions in Sweden

Jesper Prytz and Bengt Larsson

11. Occupational Change and Inequality

Tomas Berglund

12. Scrutinising Polarisation: A Closing

Tomas Berglund and Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson

Biography

Thomas Berglund is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson is Professor of Sociology at the Linnaeus University in Växjö, Sweden and affiliated professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.