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SScrutinising Polarisation Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market
This book scrutinizes polarization 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 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 changes interact with other societal trends, such as increased temporary employment, rising migration and decreased unionization, whilst also exploring changes in the evaluation of occupations and attitudes towards trade unions. Drawing on distinctly sociological perspectives, it shows how transformations in society and the labour market have affected conditions for individuals, and considers whether these changes reinforce existing inequalities occasioned by polarization, or create new ones. Scrutinizing Polarization considers whether and how the Swedish labour market has polarized - and if so, what this means for individual employees and labour organizations. It will therefore appeal to scholars with interests in the sociology of work and professions, social inequalities and labour market transformations.
1. Scrutinizing Polarization: An Introduction
Tomas Berglund and Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson
2. The Transformation of the Swedish Labour Market: A Background
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. A Double Ethnic Penalty? The Mobility Patterns of Early Careers and Second-Generation Migrant Descent in Sweden
Gabriella Elgenius, Denis Frank, Vedran Omanovíc, and Tomas Berglund
7. Polarization and Dualization in Digitalized and Flexible Companies
Anna Hedenus and Erica Nordlander
8. Platform Work
Kristin Jesnes and Sophie Banasiak
9. Work Environment Trajectories and Consequences for Trends of Sick Leave and Occupational Disorders
Lotta Dellve, Linda Corin, and Gunnel Hensing
10. Changes in Trade Union Membership and Attitudes to Unions in Sweden
Jesper Prytz and Bengt Larsson
11. The Significance of Labour Market Changes on Wage and Income Inequality
Tomas Berglund
12. Conclusions
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.