"This edited collection contributes to studies of intra-EU migration and mobility, welfare and European social citizenship by focusing on transnational labour movements from new to the old EU member states (Hungary-Austria, Bulgaria-Germany, Poland-UK and Estonia-Sweden). The volume provides a...

"Starting from the 1980s, competitive pressures and the ideology of competitiveness have shaken and transformed traditional models of development, public policy, and governance in Europe. This edited book carries out a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and innovative analysis of the relationship...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: European welfare between complex regulatory frameworks and mobile Europeans' experiences of social (in)security -- Introduction: setting the...

Nordic welfare states and the short history of social rights discourse / Toomas Kotkas -- From rules to principles : the shift towards individual social rights / Malcolm Langford -- Unemployment and the obligatory dimension of social rights / Kenneth Veitch -- Social rights and equality : from...

Les migrations internationales s'intensifient mais les systèmes de protection sociale restent attachés à un territoire. Coordonner les législations entre États pour assurer une continuité des droits aux travailleurs migrants devient primordial.0

This book examines the concept of the single employment contract in a comparative perspective, presenting its pros and cons, highlighting its virtues and revealing its inherent contradictions. The authors set out the general framework within which the current debate has developed by outlining...