Labour Market Policies in the Era of Pervasive Austerity: A European Perspective

Description

This edited volume investigates the changing patterns of labour market and unemployment policies in EU member states during the period since the politics of austerity took hold in 2010. Written by leading experts in the field, the book provides detailed national case studies from across the EU, which span labour market regimes and fiscal pressures to explore whether, and if so how, retrenchment or expansion have taken place across the well-protected and the less well-protected labour market populations.

Sotiria Theodoropoulou is a senior researcher and head of the European economic, employment and social policies unit at the ETUI (European Trade Union Institute) where she has been investigating and publishing on the effects of EU policy responses to the financial crisis on the economic performance and labour market policies in Europe. She gained her PhD from the LSE where she also taught courses on the economic analysis of the EU.

"This edited volume provides the most exhaustive and systematic analysis of labour market policy reforms in Western and Eastern European countries during and after the 2007-08 financial crisis" Tim Vlandas, Associate Professor in Comparative Political Economy, University of Reading "...the breadth and relevance of the topics addressed in the book will appeal to a range of audiences. It constitutes an up-to-date resource for researchers and advanced students of social policy with an interest in European countries" Social Policy & Adminstration