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The wide-ranging European perspectives brought together in this volume aim to analyse, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, the numerous implications of a massive shift in the conception of ‘work’ and the category of ‘worker’. Changes in the production models, economic downturn and increasing digitalisation have triggered a breakdown in the terms and assumptions that previously defined and shaped the notion of employment. This has made it more difficult to discuss, and problematise, issues like vulnerability in employment in such terms as unfairness, inequality and inadequate protection. Taking the ‘deconstruction of employment’ as a central idea for theorising the phenomenon of work today, this volume explores the emergence of new semantic fields and territories for understanding and regulating employment. These new linguistic categories have implications beyond language alone: they reformulate the very concept of waged employment (including those aspects previously considered intrinsic to the meaning of work and of being ‘a worker’), along with other closely associated categories such as unemployment, self-employment, and inactivity.

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Author:   Amparo Serrano-Pascual ,  Maria Jepsen
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9783030066949

ISBN 10:   3030066940
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   13 December 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Political Reinvention of Work in Times of Crisis; Amparo Serrano-Pascual & Maria Jepsen- PART I Rehabilitation of the ‘Labour World’ as a Locus for Action and Intervention.- 2. Outsourcing, Offshoring and the Deconstruction Of Employment: New And Old Challenges; Jan Drahokoupil & Brian Fabo.- 3. New Forms of Work and Employment in the Digital Economy; Gerard Valenduc.- 4.  The Deconstruction of Employment and the Crisis of Citizenship in Europe; Luis Enrique Alonso.- 5. The Decline of the Worker as Collective Subject, Vicente Sánchez Jiménez.- PART II: Blurring of Boundaries between Categories (Self-Employed Worker and Wage-Earner, Employment and Unemployment, Typical and Atypical Work, Formal and Informal Work).- 6. The Employment Relationship, Atypical Forms of Employment and Protection Standards in the European Union, Antonio Baylos.- 7. Self-Employmentand the Transformation of Employment Relationship in Europe; Alberto Riesco.- 8. The Blurring of Employment Boundaries: A Social Economy Perspective; Sarah de Heusch.- 9. The Marketisation of Public Employment and Public Services and Its Impact on Civil Servants and Citizens; Jean Michel Bonvin.- PART III: The Redefinition of Work and Unemployment qua Reference Category.- 10. The Boundaries of Unemployment. Institutional Rules and Real-Life Experiences; Didier Demazière.- 11. Can We Still Speak the Language of Unemployment? Some Reflections Based On the French Experience; Michel Lallement.- 12. Counting Working Women in France: The Figures Are Political; Margaret Maruani & Monique Meron.- 13.Transformation in the Meaning of Work Beyond the Institutional Sphere: The View from the Standpoint of Gender Relations and Differences; Carlos Prieto & Sofia Pérezde Guzmán.- 14. Conclusions; Amparo Serrano-Pascual & Maria Jespen.

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​ The wide-ranging European perspectives collected here aim to analyse, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, the numerous implications of a massive shift in the conception of ""work"" and the category of ""worker.""

The wide-ranging European perspectives collected here aim to analyse, by means of an interdisciplinary approach, the numerous implications of a massive shift in the conception of work and the category of worker.

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Amparo Serrano-Pascual is Professor of Sociology and Social Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.    Maria Jepsen is Director of Research at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Belgium, and Associate Professor of Labour Economics at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.   

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