This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...

Persistent unemployment is recognised as one of the main mechanisms of social and political exclusion. The Dynamics of Full Employment provides a new and fresh approach to the question of full employment in contemporary society. It offers an internationally comparative, interdisciplinary...

[spa] La contratación de las empresas desde hace quince años La parte menos interesante para los principiantes - Al llegar al término del sistema de formaciôn las posibilidades de empleo de los jóvenes se restringieron considerablemente durante el decenio 1974-1984. A partir de 1985, por el...

[spa] La transmisión del estatuto en la Función pública . . La aparente estabilidad de los funcionarios (más de uno de cada cuatro asalariados en la década de los noventa) oculta en realidad cambios de estructura radicales: el peso de las mujeres ha aumentado un poco en el periodo;...

[spa] La funciôn pûblica : una salida mayor para los mas titulados . El estado y las colectividades locales desemperïan un, papel importante en el empleo : un activo de cada cuatro : trabaja para ellos y la funciôn pûblica acoge una de cada cinco personas que toman un nuevo empleo. Esta es,...

[fre] L'action sur le coût du travail constitue un mode d'intervention important -si ce n'est dominant- des mesures de politique de l'emploi. La relation entre le salaire/coût du travail et l'emploi peut donc être envisagée au travers des analyses et résultats issus de l'évaluation des...

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid.

This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...

Since the mid 1990s, the focus of European employment and social policy has shifted from protection to promotion. This book provides a timely analysis of this new form of governance, and the new forms of policy delivery and audit which accompany it.

This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative...