The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Changing Workplaces, Changing Capitalisms....Pages 1-14
A Varieties Approach to the Varieties of Capitalism....Pages 15-37
The Variety of Polanyian Double Movements in Europe’s Capitalisms....Pages 38-57
Classifying Labour Regimes beyond the Welfare State: A Two Dimensional Approach....Pages 58-78
Reforming Welfare States and Changing Capitalism: Reversing Early Retirement Regimes in Europe....Pages 79-97
A Precarious Future: An Irish Example of Flex-Insecurity....Pages 98-117
Institutionalisation of Trade Union Activity: Four Indexes and Their Ability to Explain Cross-National Differences in Strike Rate....Pages 118-143
Welfare beyond the State: Employers as Welfare Providers in Germany and the UK....Pages 144-163
Multinationals of Industrial Co-development: Co-creating New Institutions of Economic Development....Pages 164-181
Beyond the Flexibility/Security Divide: Skills, Work Organisation, and External Employment in the German Knowledge-Based Economy....Pages 182-200
Work-Life Balance, Working Conditions and the Great Recession....Pages 201-220
Integrating Work and Political Economy....Pages 221-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-273