Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe

Author: H. Blossfeld, S. Buchholz, K. Kolb and D. Hofäcker

GOSTA ESPING-ANDERSEN Professor of Sociology at Pompeu Fabra University, Spain ANNA BARANOWSKA Studied Quantitative Methods and Information systems at Warsaw School of Economics, Poland PAOLO BARBIERI Teaches Economic Sociology at the University of Trento, Italy URACHA CHATRAKUL NA AYUDHYA Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at Middlesex University, UK MATT FLYNN Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School, UK JELENA HELEMAE Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Stratification, Institute of International and Social Studies at Tallinn University, Estonia TOMAS KORPI Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University, Sweden JUAN-IGNACIO MARTINEZ-PASTOR Associate Professor at the National University of Distance Education, Spain MELINDA MILLS Professor of Sociology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands CHRISTINA PURCELL Doctoral Student in the Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Division at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK ELLU SAAR Professor at the Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University, Estonia MICHAEL TAHLIN Professor of Sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden RUDI WIELERS Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Based on contributions from international experts, this volume provides an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life courses in nine different modern societies, and of cross-nationally varying political strategies to mediate this influence.

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GOSTA ESPING-ANDERSEN Professor of Sociology at Pompeu Fabra University, SpainANNA BARANOWSKA Studied Quantitative Methods and Information systems at Warsaw School of Economics, PolandPAOLO BARBIERI Teaches Economic Sociology at the University of Trento, ItalyURACHA CHATRAKUL NA AYUDHYA Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at Middlesex University, UKMATT FLYNN Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University Business School, UKJELENA HELEMÄE Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Stratification, Institute of International and Social Studies at Tallinn University, EstoniaTOMAS KORPI Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University, SwedenJUAN-IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ-PASTOR Associate Professor at the National University of Distance Education, SpainMELINDA MILLS Professor of Sociology at the University of Groningen, The NetherlandsCHRISTINA PURCELL Doctoral Student in the Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour Division at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UKELLU SAAR Professor at the Institute for International and Social Studies, Tallinn University, EstoniaMICHAEL TAHLIN Professor of Sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, SwedenRUDI WIELERS Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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In both academia as well as public discourse, globalization has turned into a prominent reference when discussing recent changes in contemporary societies. The majority of earlier literature,however, has largely restricted itself to the broader relationship between globalization and entire national economies, although there have been smaller studies that have investigated how globalization actually 'trickles down' to the individual life course levels of modern European citizens, concentrating on single life course transitions. Based on contributions from international experts, this volume extends this perspective by providing an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life courses in nine different European societies and of political strategies to mediate this influence. The authors provide ample evidence that globalization does not lead to an equivocal 'race to the bottom' in modern welfare states but is mediated differently by nation-specific institutions. Furthermore, they show that employment insecurity is often channelled to specific disadvantaged groups, thereby amplifying existing inequality structures.