Essays about: "Flexibilisation"

Found 5 essays containing the word Flexibilisation.

  1. 1. Impact of a Precarious Employment Situation on Short-term Fertility Intentions: A Comparative Study of Migrants and Natives in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Mimmi Lounela; [2023]
    Keywords : precarious employment; unemployment; short-term fertility intentions; migrants; Swedish-born;

    Abstract : Over the past decades, the world has witnessed significant social and demographic changes, including a declining fertility rate in Europe, a decrease in job security and flexibilisation of the labour market, and an increasing flow of migrants to the Global North. Especially migrants have been affected by precarious work arrangements. READ MORE

  3. 2. Working at Home in Relation to Institutionalised Individualism : - A Critical Master’s Dissertation

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

    Author : Andreas Kjörling; [2020]
    Keywords : Working at home; Covid-19; Institutional invidualism; Critical theory; Social critical realism; Hemarbete; Covid-19; Institutionell individualism; kritisk teori; social kritisk realism;

    Abstract : Globalisation, internet and digitalisation has given cause to vast changes in society, where the individual is to an ever greater extent extradited to oneself through individualisation, flexibilisation and informatisation. Taken together this known as institutional individualisation. READ MORE

  4. 3. The unionisation of precarious workers : representations, problematisation and experiences in Swedish blue-collar unions in the construction and hotel-restaurant sectors

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Sophie BANASIAK; [2020]
    Keywords : precarious workers; labour unions; Swedish model; commodification; labour market segmentation; subcontracting; flexibility; fear; organising; community building;

    Abstract : From the Polanyian perspective on the double movement of labour commodification and self-protection of Society, the aim of this study was to examine how unionists perceive and problematise precarious employment and what are their practices for unionising and thereby securing precarious workers. A double case study was conducted in the hotel-restaurant and construction sectors in Sweden with the participation of blue-collar unionists with diverse backgrounds and experiences. READ MORE

  5. 4. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jan Peter Glock; [2017]
    Keywords : agency; unconditional basic income; neoliberalism; insecurity; structural transformation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Flexploitation or flexibilisation? - A cross-sectional study of youth well-being in a changing labour market

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Emil Bengtsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Well-being; Subjective health; Non-standard employment; Flexibilisation; Cross-sectional study; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Author: Emil Bengtsson Title: Flexploitation or flexibilisation? - A cross-sectional study of youth well-being in a changing labour market. Supervisor: Max Koch Assessors: Roberto Scaramuzzino & Katarina Jacobsson The aim of this study was to explore the development of well-being among youth in the Nordic countries in relation to changing labour market conditions. READ MORE