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Cover A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality
A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality
Edited by
Michael Tåhlin

Skills and inequality have long been a central theme in analyses of social structure and economic development. A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality offers an insightful cross-disciplinary framework for research on how unequal living conditions form, persist and change in interplay with human skill formation and development.

Supplementary materials for each chapter can be downloaded on the book's companion site https://www.e-elgar.com/textbooks/tahlin/

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Monograph Book
Published:
21 Mar 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378469
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2023
Cover Participation Income
Participation Income
An Alternative to Basic Income for Poverty Reduction in the Digital Age
Heikki Hiilamo

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its potential role in countering endemic poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo reviews the concept of basic income and specific basic income experiments before presenting participatory income as a viable alternative in the fight against poverty.

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Monograph Book
Published:
12 Aug 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880801
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Social Policy in Changing European Societies
Social Policy in Changing European Societies
Research Agendas for the 21st Century
Edited by
Kenneth Nelson
,
Rense Nieuwenhuis
, and
Mara Yerkes

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where future research should be headed. It defines the core research agenda for the future covering multiple social policy fields, including care, family, health, and housing policy as well as gender equality, labour market policy, and welfare attitudes.

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Monograph Book
Published:
15 Jul 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802201710
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Edited by
Laura Alfers
,
Martha Chen
, and
Sophie Plagerson

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline. Illustrating how current social contracts may be considered inadequate, irrelevant or unjust, Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers to advocate for radically new conceptualizations of state-society, capital-labour and state-capital-labour relations characterised by recognition, responsiveness and reciprocity.

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Monograph Book
Published:
10 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108068
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover The New World of Work
The New World of Work
Challenges and Opportunities for Social Partners and Labour Institutions
Edited by
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
,
Youcef Ghellab
, and
Rafael M. de Bustillo Llorente
Actors in the world of work are facing an increasing number of challenges, including automatization and digitalization, new types of jobs and more diverse forms of employment. This timely book examines employer and worker responses, challenges and opportunities for social dialogue, and the role of social partners in the governance of the world of work.
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Monograph Book
Published:
16 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888050
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover The Governance of Labour Administration
The Governance of Labour Administration
Reforms, Innovations and Challenges
Edited by
Jason Heyes
and
Ludek Rychly
Focusing on public administration activities in the field of national labour policy, this timely book provides detailed analyses of labour administration reforms, innovations and challenges in different countries, including detailed case studies from Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US.
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Monograph Book
Published:
23 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802203158
Collection:
Economics 2021
Cover Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism
Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism
Edited by
Julieta Haidar
and
Maarten Keune
This engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline platforms, their distinct differences and the important roles they play for both large transnational companies and those with a smaller global reach.
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Monograph Book
Published:
23 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802205138
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Telework in the 21st Century
Telework in the 21st Century
An Evolutionary Perspective
Edited by
Jon C. Messenger
Technological developments have enabled a dramatic expansion and also an evolution of telework, broadly defined as using ICTs to perform work from outside of an employer’s premises. This volume offers a new conceptual framework explaining the evolution of telework over four decades. It reviews national experiences from Argentina, Brazil, India, Japan, the United States, and ten EU countries regarding the development of telework, its various forms and effects. It also analyses large-scale surveys and company case studies regarding the incidence of telework and its effects on working time, work-life balance, occupational health and well-being, and individual and organizational performance.
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Monograph Book
Published:
29 Nov 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903751
Collection:
Economics 2019
Cover Towards Convergence in Europe
Towards Convergence in Europe
Institutions, Labour and Industrial Relations
Edited by
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations – focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions – in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.
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Monograph Book
Published:
26 Apr 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978071
Collection:
Economics 2019
Cover Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth
Edited by
Bjørn Hvinden
,
Jacqueline O’Reilly
,
Mi A. Schoyen
, and
Christer Hyggen
Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity. By combining analysis of original data collected through a variety of innovative methods, it compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine European countries. Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a variety of methods, as the book shows how governmental policies can be altered to reduce early job insecurity.
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Monograph Book
Published:
22 Feb 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118798
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2019