Labour Policy

Hardback (September 2020)

Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy

Edited by Jacques Charmes

‘Jacques Charmes and Edward Elgar Publishing are to be warmly congratulated for this Handbook, which reflects on 50 years of academic discussion on the informal economy, and offers us new insights and inspiration for the next 50 years of...

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$65.00

Elgar Introduction to Theories of Human Resources and Employment Relations

Edited by Keith Townsend, Kenneth Cafferkey, Aoife M. McDermott, Tony Dundon

‘Bringing together a diverse set of authors of distinguished pedigree, this collection provides an authoritative survey of theories of the employment relationship. Classical theories of work and employment are fully represented, with exc...

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Paperback (June 2020)

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Austerity, Retrenchment and the Welfare State

Bent Greve

‘This book presents a comprehensive stock taking exercise of welfare state developments over the last two decades. It shows that, contrary to widespread perceptions and analyses that emphasize austerity and retrenchment, welfare spending...

Hardback (2020)

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Telework in the 21st Century

Edited by Jon C. Messenger

‘This volume explores the development, forms, and effects of telework in countries from different regions around the world, including Argentina, Brazil, ten Member States of the European Union (EU), India, Japan, and the United States. A...

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Handbook of the Politics of Labour, Work and Employment

Edited by Gregor Gall

‘Many of the contributors to this book point out how daunted they felt when they began their chapters. There is no argument that the authors had their work cut out, but they triumphantly achieve the ambitious goals they were set. This is...

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Dependent Self-Employment

Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic

‘How can we tackle the deficit of work faced by dependent self-employed workers? This topic is timely, complex and under review by policy-makers, academics and researchers in the EU, OECD and ILO. The book sheds light on the phenomenon a...

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Precarious Work

Edited by Jeff Kenner, Izabela Florczak, Marta Otto

‘This book offers timely commentary on the rise of precarious employment in Europe following the global financial crisis, sovereign debt crises and the rise of “gig economy” work. Covering developments in a diverse range of States, this ...

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Self-Employment as Precarious Work

Edited by Wieteke Conen, Joop Schippers

Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed – and even reversed in some countries – and the prospect of ‘being your own boss’ is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia...

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Handbook on In-Work Poverty

Edited by Henning Lohmann, Ive Marx

‘This is a wide-ranging, original and timely collection on a topic of growing of interest. This Handbook will be an essential source for those who seek to understand how and why working poverty differs across nations, and the policy resp...

Paperback (2019)

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Hardback (2018)

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$52.00

Social Security Outside the Realm of the Employment Contract

Edited by Mies Westerveld, Marius Olivier

‘This edited collection tackles an important subject, and its well-evidenced discussion should be regarded as an important contribution to a debate that will be increasingly important as employment markets continue to diversify.’ – Citiz...

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The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe

Edited by Renata Semenza, François Pichault

‘This book has no rival in its field. It is by a long shot the most comprehensive, informative, and in-depth treatment of how different European nations adapt to, provide social support for, and legally regulate the burgeoning class of h...

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