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The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism

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Editors:
  1. Seán Ó Riain

    1. National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland

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  2. Felix Behling

    1. National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland

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  3. Rossella Ciccia

    1. Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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  4. Eoin Flaherty

    1. Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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The contributors investigate how the large scale structures of capitalism and the local social relations of workplaces and organizations shape each other. They argue for a new integration of political economy and the sociology of work and organizations.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Changing Workplaces, Changing Capitalisms

    • Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling, Rossella Ciccia, Eoin Flaherty
    Pages 1-14

  3. A Varieties Approach to the Varieties of Capitalism

    • Lars Mjøset
    Pages 15-37

  4. The Variety of Polanyian Double Movements in Europe’s Capitalisms

    • Eoin Flaherty, Seán Ó Riain
    Pages 38-57

  5. Classifying Labour Regimes beyond the Welfare State: A Two Dimensional Approach

    • Rossella Ciccia
    Pages 58-78

  6. Reforming Welfare States and Changing Capitalism: Reversing Early Retirement Regimes in Europe

    • Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Dirk Hofäcker
    Pages 79-97

  7. A Precarious Future: An Irish Example of Flex-Insecurity

    • Mary P. Murphy, Camille Loftus
    Pages 98-117

  8. Institutionalisation of Trade Union Activity: Four Indexes and Their Ability to Explain Cross-National Differences in Strike Rate

    • Luis Ortiz, Clara Riba
    Pages 118-143

  9. Welfare beyond the State: Employers as Welfare Providers in Germany and the UK

    • Felix Behling
    Pages 144-163

  10. Multinationals of Industrial Co-development: Co-creating New Institutions of Economic Development

    • Peer Hull Kristensen, Maja Lotz
    Pages 164-181

  11. Beyond the Flexibility/Security Divide: Skills, Work Organisation, and External Employment in the German Knowledge-Based Economy

    • Karen A. Shire, Markus Tünte
    Pages 182-200

  12. Work-Life Balance, Working Conditions and the Great Recession

    • Frances McGinnity, Helen Russell
    Pages 201-220

  13. Integrating Work and Political Economy

    • Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling, Rossella Ciccia, Eoin Flaherty
    Pages 221-236

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 237-273
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Editors and Affiliations

  • National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland

    Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling

  • Queen’s University Belfast, UK

    Rossella Ciccia, Eoin Flaherty

About the editors

Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Mannheim, Germany. Dirk Hofäcker, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Camille Loftus, University College Dublin, Ireland. Frances McGinnity, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Luis Ortiz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. Clara Riba, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. Helen Russell, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland.

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