A new contribution to the debate on the evolution of European employment and social models. These models need to adjust to meet new challenges, including globalization, ageing societies, and new governance approaches at national, EU and international level. This book explores these issues through the experiences of nine EU countries.
DOMINIQUE ANXO is full Professor in economics at the Departments of Economics and Statistics, University of Växjö, Sweden JOSEP BANYULS is a Lecturer in Labour Economics and Employment Policy at Valencia University, Spain ISABELLE BERREBI-HOFFMANN is a sociologist and a Researcher at the CNRS, in the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for research in socio-economics (Lise-CNRS), Cnam, Paris, France GERHARD BOSCH is an economist and sociologist, Professor at the University Duisburg-Essen and Director of the Institute Work and Qualification (IAQ), Germany ERNEST CANO, is an economist and a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics at Valencia University, Spain RORY DONNELLY is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Manchester Business School JÖRG FLECKER IS Scientific director of Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt (Working Life Research Centre, FORBA) and external professor (Universitätsdozent) at the University of Vienna, Austria DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Professor of Employment Studies at Manchester Business School and Director of EWERC (the European Work and Employment Research Centre), UK THOMAS HAIPETER is Senior Researcher at the Institute Work and Qualification / IAQ (Working Time and Work Organisation Department) and lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany CHRISTOPH HERMANN is Senior researcher at the Working Life Research Centre (FORBA) in Vienna and lecturer at the University of Vienna, Austria FLORENCE JANY-CATRICE is Assistant Professorat the University Lille1, researcher in the laboratory Clersé-CNRS, and member of the Institut universitaire de France MARIA KARAMESSINI is Associate Professor in Labour Economics and Economics of the Welfare State at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece MICHEL LALLEMENT is Professor of Sociology at the CNAM (Paris), France ERICH LATNIAK is Senior Researcher at the Institute Work and Qualification / IAQ (Working Time and Work Organisation Department), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany STEFFEN LEHNDORFF is Director of the Working-Time and Work Organisation Department at the Institute Work and Qualification / IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany RAÚL LORENTE is Lecturer in sociology at Valencia University, Spain. FEDERICO LUCIDI is PhD student in economics at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy FAUSTO MIGUÉLEZ is Director of the Centre d'Estudis Sociològics QUIT and University Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain HARALD NIKLASSON is full Professor (since 2005 emeritus) in economics at the Departments of Economics and Statistics, Växjö University, Sweden PAOLO NATICCHIONI is a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy LÁSZLÓ NEUMANN is Sociologist, PhD, and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Labour and at the Institute for Political Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences ALBERT RECIO is Professor at the Department of AppliedEconomics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at Manchester Business School and founder and Co-Director of EWERC (the European Work and Employment Research Centre). THIERRY RIBAULT has a PhD in economics and is a Researcher at the CNRS, in the laboratory Clersé-University of Lille 1, France ANNAMARIA SIMONAZZI is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. She is Scientific Director of the Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and co-editor of 'Economia& Lavoro'. ANDRÁS TÓTH, PhD, is Research Director of the Centre of European Employment Studies at the Institute of Political Sciences PETER URWIN is an Organiser for UNISON, the UK's largest public sector trade union PAOLA VILLA is Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Trento, Italy
