(apologies for cross-posting)
Dear list members,
I would like to announce a new book on employment and labour relations
in the private service sectors in Europe, which may be of interest for
some of you.
Sabine Blaschke
Department of Government, University of Vienna
Bruenner Strasse 72, A-1210 Wien
Tel (++43)-1-4277-38313, Fax (++43)-1-4277-38318
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Dølvik, Jon Erik (ed.), At Your Service? Comparative Perspectives on
Employment and Labour Relations in the European Private Sector
Services,
Brussels-Bern, PIE-Peter Lang, 2001, "Work & Society" Series No.27,
ISBN
50-9201-940-1
PRESENTATION
The dynamics and implications of employment growth in private sector
services have become a key issue in the debate on labour market
organisation, social regulation and welfare policies in Western Europe.
While expansion of private services is considered crucial to fight
unemployment and social exclusion, the private services are often
associated
with social polarisation, untamed flexibility, and erosion of the standard
employment relationship, trade unionism and collective bargaining -
confronting the social and political actors with difficult dilemmas. In view
of the limited knowledge about developments in services labour markets,
the
aim of this book is, on the basis of eleven country studies, to provide a
comparative overview of main trends in the pattern of employment and
labour
relations in private sector services in Western Europe. The analyses
emphasise the heterogeneity of the private sector services, reveal
significant diversity across countries, and caution against the notion of a
universal de-standardisation of service employment, underscoring the
importance of institutions in shaping national trajectories of employment
growth in services. Particular attention is paid to the challenges facing
trade unions in meeting the diverse and changing aspirations of the
workforce in private sector services.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
By Jon Erik DØLVIK
CHAPTER 1. Determinants of Service Employment: A Comparative
Overview of the
Issues
By Jon Erik DØLVIK
CHAPTER 2. Germany: A "Service Gap"?
By Gerhard BOSCH
CHAPTER 3. United Kingdom: Restructuring Services within a
Deregulated
Regime
By Jeremy WADDINGTON
CHAPTER 4. The Dutch "Poldermodel": A Flexible Success-story
Coyan TROMP and Leni BEUKEMA
CHAPTER 5. Denmark: Private Service Growth - Towards a New
Trajectory for
Employment and Regulation?
By Jens LIND
CHAPTER 6. Ireland: The Contribution of the Services Sector to the Irish
Employment Miracle
By Joe WALLACE, Donal A. DINEEN and Michelle O'SULLIVAN
CHAPTER 7. Austria: Corporatist Regulation of Service Labour Markets
By Sabine BLASCHKE
CHAPTER 8. Italy: The Services Sector - Towards a More Inclusive and
Flexible Labour Market?
Anna M. PONZELLINI and ELENA PROVENZANO
CHAPTER 9. Services in France: Heterogeneity of Employment Systems
within
Common Institutional Frames
Christèle MEILLAND and Christian DUFOUR
CHAPTER 10. Sweden: Stability in a Turbulent Environment
By Sofia MURHEM
CHAPTER 11. Norway: Private Sector Services - A Challenge to
Centralised
Co-ordination
By Frode LONGVA
CHAPTER12. The Service Sector in Finland: A Nordic Lilliputian
By Petri BÖCKERMAN
CONCLUSION. The Impact of Post-industrialisation on Employment and
Labour
Relations - A Comparative Review
By Jon Erik DØLVIK
Table Annexes
Notes on Contributors
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