The Deconstruction of Employment as a Political Question

Amparo Serrano-Pascual is Professor of Sociology and Social Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Maria Jepsen is Director of Research at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Belgium, and Associate Professor of Labour Economics at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

1. Introduction: The Political Reinvention of Work in Times of Crisis; Amparo Serrano-Pascual & Maria Jepsen- PART I Rehabilitation of the 'Labour World' as a Locus for Action and Intervention.- 2. Outsourcing, Offshoring and the Deconstruction Of Employment: New And Old Challenges; Jan Drahokoupil & Brian Fabo.- 3. New Forms of Work and Employment in the Digital Economy; Gerard Valenduc.- 4.  The Deconstruction of Employment and the Crisis of Citizenship in Europe; Luis Enrique Alonso.- 5. The Decline of the Worker as Collective Subject, Vicente Sánchez Jiménez.- PART II: Blurring of Boundaries between Categories (Self-Employed Worker and Wage-Earner, Employment and Unemployment, Typical and Atypical Work, Formal and Informal Work).- 6. The Employment Relationship, Atypical Forms of Employment and Protection Standards in the European Union, Antonio Baylos.- 7. Self-Employmentand the Transformation of Employment Relationship in Europe; Alberto Riesco.- 8. The Blurring of Employment Boundaries: A Social Economy Perspective; Sarah de Heusch.- 9. The Marketisation of Public Employment and Public Services and Its Impact on Civil Servants and Citizens; Jean Michel Bonvin.- PART III: The Redefinition of Work and Unemployment qua Reference Category.- 10. The Boundaries of Unemployment. Institutional Rules and Real-Life Experiences; Didier Demazière.- 11. Can We Still Speak the Language of Unemployment? Some Reflections Based On the French Experience; Michel Lallement.- 12. Counting Working Women in France: The Figures Are Political; Margaret Maruani & Monique Meron.- 13.Transformation in the Meaning of Work Beyond the Institutional Sphere: The View from the Standpoint of Gender Relations and Differences; Carlos Prieto & Sofia Pérezde Guzmán.- 14. Conclusions; Amparo Serrano-Pascual & Maria Jespen.