This chapter discusses characteristics, large-scale transformations - such as New Public Management reforms - and specific themes related to public-sector work and employment. The latter include employment patterns; pay; training and development; workforce representation; new ways of working;...

"Crisis and decline in the working class were frequent themes in American popular culture during the 1970s. In contrast, more positive narratives about America's managerial and professional class appeared during the 1980s. Focusing on these two key decades, this book explores how portrayals of...

Few developments or events in recent decades have changed European societies as quickly and profoundly as the COVID-19 pandemic. Many policy analyses on COVID-19 have focused on the kinds of policies implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 and their effectiveness in reducing the number of...