Post-industrial Labour Markets: Profiles of North America and Scandinavia (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415218098 ISBN 13: 9780415218092

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become increasingly subject to common social and economic development.

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About the Author

Thomas P. Boje is Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden and Professor of Social Sciences (welfare and labour market) at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has been American Studies Fellow at Harvard University, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence and Guest Professor at several universities. His research is mainly focused on the welfare state and labour market, labour market flexibility, citizenship and gender and social exclusion.
Bengt Furåker is currently Professor of Sociology at Göteborg University, Sweden. He has previously held positions at the universities of Umeå and Lund. His research is mainly focused on labour market issues, employment and unemployment, labour market policy, the public sector, relationships between the labour market and the welfare state and social stratification.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415218098
• ISBN 13: 9780415218092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Boje Thomas, Furåker Bengt