Labour Policy

Global Youth Unemployment

Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates

‘Rarely has a study of global youth unemployment so adeptly combined an empirically-grounded scrutiny of its levels and trends, with a conceptually nuanced analysis of its political economy drivers at multiple scales. Fergusson and Yeate...

Hardback (April 2021)

List price ~~$120.00~~

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Retiring Women

Philip Taylor, Catherine Earl, Elizabeth Brooke, Christopher McLoughlin

‘This book is among the first to solely focus on the work and retirement of older women. Much needed research in a field that is still dominated by male perspectives, whereas the older workforce consists of increasing shares of women.’ –...

Hardback (February 2021)

List price ~~$125.00~~

Member price $112.50

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...

Hardback (2020)

List price ~~$235.00~~

Member price $211.50

eBook:

$65.00

Corporatism since the Great Recession

Mikkel Mailand

‘This book provides a needed sober analysis of the state of corporatism since the Great Recession. Carefully tracing tripartite policy-making in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austria, it shows how and why social partners continue to play ...

Hardback (2020)

List price ~~$110.00~~

Member price $99.00

eBook:

$40.00

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...

List price ~~$170.00~~

Member price $153.00

Paperback (2020)

List price ~~$55.00~~

Member price $44.00

eBook:

$44.00

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)

List price ~~$110.00~~

Member price $99.00

eBook:

$40.00

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...

List price ~~$155.00~~

Member price $139.50

eBook:

$40.00

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...

List price ~~$290.00~~

Member price $261.00

eBook:

$65.00

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...

List price ~~$120.00~~

Member price $108.00

eBook:

$40.00

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 ...

List price ~~$140.00~~

Member price $126.00

eBook:

$40.00

Self-Employment as Precarious Work

Edited by Wieteke Conen, Joop Schippers

‘The reviewed book represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on the topic of precarious self-employment. It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially to those wishing to gain insight and advance their kn...

List price ~~$145.00~~

Member price $130.50

eBook:

$40.00