Crouch, Colin. (2010) Flexibility and security in the labour market : an analysis of the governance of inequality. Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung, Vol.43 (No.1). pp. 17-38. ISSN 1614-3485

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Abstract

The financial crisis drew attention to the way in which workers in certain countries had been able to sustain consumption through housing and consumer credit despite insecure labour-market positions. This indicates a need to expand the analysis of the relationship between flexibility and security in labour markets beyond the normal scope of labour and social policy to include many other aspects of not only public policy but also corporate practice that affect that relationship. Individuals are seen as based within a number of collectivities within which life chances are collectively determined (or CLCs). These collectivities are subject to various forms of governance. Finally, attention is given to the dimension of sustainability, the capacity of any combinations of policies and practices to endure self-destructive tendencies. The governance mechanisms of CLCs are then seen as using one or more strategies for achieving a certain balance between uncertainty and security: externalization of risk on to other CLCs; postponement of risk-bearing to future periods of time; externalization of risk on to certain members of the CLC itself; widespread sharing within the CLC. This approach is then used to consider the main policies and practices relevant to the field: employment law; social policies directly delivering services; advancement of skill and employability levels available within the population; public promotion and/or protection of sectors and production locations perceived to be of strategic importance, including public employment; government demand management; insurance and pensions; trading relationships among nation states with different export and import patterns; consumer credit to sustain mass consumption; locally clustered economic sectors; the shadow economy; managerial organization of activities offering varying degrees of security among different countries and regions, including supply chain management; internal labour markets and organization of work and work roles; collective bargaining; inter-generational transfers and support; the protection of property-owning elites from labour-market uncertainty.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Labor policy, Labor market, Job security
Journal or Publication Title:	Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1614-3485
Date:	2010
Volume:	Vol.43
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	22
Page Range:	pp. 17-38
Identification Number:	10.1007/s12651-010-0031-9
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7/2007-2013)
Grant number:	225301 (FP7)
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