Non-Standard Employment in Europe: Paradigms, Prevalence and Policy Responses [Hardcover]

Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard.Preface; Richard Hyman Introduction: Changing Employment Standards in a Crisis-ridden Europe; Martin Fritz and Max Koch PART I: THE THEORETICAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND 1. A Conceptual Approach of the Destandardization of Employment in Europe since the 1970s; Jean-Claude Barbier 2. Employment Standards in Transition: From Fordism to Finance-Driven Capitalism ; Max Koch 3. Non-Standard Employment and European Union Employment Regulation; Julia S. O'Connor PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES 4. The Expansion of Temporary Employment in Spain (1984-2010): Neither Socially Fair nor Economically Productive; Jorge Sola, Luis Enrique Alonso, Carlos J. Fern?ndez Rodr?guez and Rafael Ib??ez Rojo 5. 'Flexicurity' through Normalization? Changes in Scope, Composition and Conditions of Temporary Employment in Croatia; Teo Matkovi? 6. Destandardization of Employment in the UK: Issues, Politics and Policy Re-Invention; Lefteris Kretsos and Miguel Mart?nez Lucio 7. Non-Standard Employment in Poland: Option or Necessity?; Anna Buchner-Jeziorska 8. Revival of the 'German Model'? Destandardization and the New Labour Market Regime; Hajo Holst and Klaus D?rre 9. Non-Standard Employment and Perceptions of Job Characteristics and Labour Market Situation: An Intra-Nordic Comparison; Bengt Fur?ker PART III: THE COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 10. Should We Care about Part-Time Work from a Poverty Perspective? An Analysis for the EU15 Countries; Jeroen Horemans and Ive Marx 11. Temporary Employment and Poverty in the Enlarged European Union: An Empirical and Comparative Analysis; Wim Van Lancker 12. Non-Standard Employment and Anomie in the EU; Martin Fritz 13. Conclusion: Non-Standard Employment: Concept, Empirical Results alÓÏ