Comparing European Workers: Policies and Institutions

by David Brady, Lisa Keister

Overview

This second of two companion volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. It contains both qualitative and quantitative studies as well as explicitly theoretical work, and compares contemporary patterns and the recent history of European workers with other models of work worldwide. Authors contribute a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives, with papers that push the boundaries of evidence and argument. Specific topics in "Comparing European Workers Volume 2: Policies and Institutions" include: the political economy of active social policy in postindustrial democracies; social protection dualism, deindustrialization and cost containment; organized labor in Europe; and, unionization in East European ex-communist countries. It asks such questions as 'does European-style welfare generosity discourage single mother employment?', 'whose interests do unions represent?' and 'are trade unions still redistributive?'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857249319
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	06/22/2011
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Work , #22
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Introduction David Brady 1

Section I Social Policy

Activating Workers? The Political Economy of Active Social Policy in Postindustrial Democracies Duane Swank 9

Does European-Style Welfare Generosity Discourage Single-Mother Employment? Lane Destro David Brady 53

Social Protection Dualism, De-Industrialization and Cost Containment Martin Seeleib-Kaiser Adam M. Saunders Marek Naczyk 83

Section II Labor Unions and Labor Market Institutions

From Class to Market: Unionization in East European Ex-Communist Countries, 1990-2006 Nathan D. Martin Yunus Kaya 121

Organized Labor in European Countries, 1960-2006: Persistent Diversity and Shared Decline Sanjay Pinto Jason Beckfield 153

Whose Interests do Unions Represent? Unionization by Income in Western Europe Michael Becher Jonas Pontusson 181

Labor, Globalization and Inequality: Are Trade Unions Still Redistributive? Lucio Baccaro 213

European Workers: Meaning-Making Beings Caitlin Daniel Eleni Arzoglou Michéle Lamont 287