Working Europe

A collection of articles that discuss the recent changes in the employment and labour market, and employment policy and systems in Europe. The book describes and analyzes the changes in employment systems that affect welfare policies, women's position in the labour market and other related issues. It features: a comparative study of the US and the E-4; analysis of women's encounters with the state in Sweden, Germany and the US; labour market policies in Finland and Sweden, and Portugal, and Spain; and compares training programmes between France and the US. The conclusions are multi-faceted and relate to the recent economic and societal changes - thus drawing attention to the need to analyze labour markets as part of the societal structure. The book is aimed at an international audience of academics, researchers and policy-makers in employment studies, European studies, sociology and political science.