Will making a living remain a dream for the deprived and excluded? Jobs are one of Europe's most important problems. Employment provides the basic means of distributing wealth in society, in providing for families, and ensuring pensions for the elderly. Yet unemployment, and increasingly non-employment, continues at near record levels in the European Union. This text shows how the culture of work has been transformed in the industrialized nations of the EU. Exploring the relationship between employment change, society and economic restructuring, the shift toward flexible work for women in...

Will making a living remain a dream for the deprived and excluded? Jobs are one of Europe's most important problems. Employment provides the basic means of distributing wealth in society, in providing for families, and ensuring pensions for the elderly. Yet unemployment, and increasingly non-employment, continues at near record levels in the European Union. This text shows how the culture of work has been transformed in the industrialized nations of the EU. Exploring the relationship between employment change, society and economic restructuring, the shift toward flexible work for women in...