Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard.

Luis Enrique Alonso,Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Jean-Claude Barbier, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France Anna Buchner-Jeziorska, University of ?ód?, Poland Klaus Dörre, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Germany Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Bengt Furåker, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Hajo Holst, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany Jeroen Horemans, University of Antwerp, Belgium Rafael Ibáñez Rojo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Lefteris Kretsos, University of Greenwich, UK Miguel Martinez Lucio, University of Manchester, UK Ive Marx, Antwerp University, Belgium Teo Matkovi?, University of Zagreb, Croatia Julia S. O'Connor, University of Ulster, UK Jorge Sola, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Wim Van Lancker, University of Antwerp, Belgium.