8th ESPAnet Conference 2010Social Policy and the Global Crisis:
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9.2. Employment Policies Requested – Social Risks and Risk Management of Globalised Economy
In the recent years it has been interesting to observe how, as the insecurities and risks associated with the global competition have increased, states and governments have run to the rescue. Instead of placing more demands on companies, societies have accepted the responsibility of managing the costs of structural changes.
But is this kind of development sustainable in the long run? The performance strategies of the globalizing enterprises do challenge researchers and policy makers to evaluate risks sharing policies. The danger is that the risks of globalization are spread unevenly between companies and society as a whole, and the divisions within working life deepen further.
One of the main motivations and objectives of the stream on “employment policies” is in one hand to evaluate the social risks of economic transformations and the outcomes, success and inadequacies of the policies that aim to compensate the risks caused for individuals, communities and society at large by the closings and relocations of enterprises. On the other hand we will evaluate the policies introduced by governments, enterprises, national and international organizations in order buffer, share and compensate the new risks caused by economic restructuration, recession and relocation. Especially the evaluations on the reintegration of redundant labour and the forms and success of employment and social policies are well come. Thirdly, we are interested in studying the forms of resistance and risks sharing of recession economy. Globalization of markets and financial institutions has lead to the centralization and distancing of financial power. This process has blazed the trail to the decreased say individual states have in directing economics and politics, not to mention the loss of power workers and local societies have. This power asymmetry shows its face in many ways. In the stream we will tackle these questions in terms and outcomes for social and employment policies.
Taken this, one of the main aims of the stream is compare the experiences of employment and social policies of various states and actors in order to develop a socially responsible risk management and policy concept in the context of extension of economic and employment risks.
Conveners:
| Pertti Koistinen Prof of Social Policies and Labour market policies |
Amparo Serrano-Pasqua researcher and lecture in Sociology |
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| University of Tampere E-mail: sppeko@uta.fi Tel.: +358505522309 |
University of Madrid E-mail: amparoserrano@telefonica.net Tel.: +34918514600 |
Friday, 9:00-11:00 Room 03, Session 9.2/A
Presentations
1. Sigrid Betzelt and Silke Bothfeld: Activation policies in Germany – in what terms do they re-define the normative foundations of the welfare state? [abstract] [paper]
2. Colin Lindsay: Does ‘work first’ work in times of crisis? Recession, unemployment and activation policy in the UK [abstract] [paper]
3. Jenny Bennett: Low-Skilled Unemployment and the Role of Employment Protection Legislation. Impacts on Unemployment Incidence and Persistence [abstract] [paper]
4. Judit Csoba: Public Employment Programs in Hungary [abstract] [paper]
Contributed papers:
1. Zyab Ibanez : Part-time in skilled jobs. The case of education in The UK, The Netherlands and Spain. [abstract] [paper]
2. María Arnal, Carlos Prieto and María Caprile: Global recession and quality of employment in Spain: analysis of the discourse of social agents [abstract] [paper]
Friday, 11:30-13:30 Room 03, Session 9.2/B
Presentations
1. Carlos Jesús Fernández- María Paz Martín: Flexicurity and new governance in Spain: Assumptions around the Public Employment Services modernization. [abstract] [paper]
2. Martin Ehlert: The changing economic consequences of job-loss in the United States and Germany. [abstract] [paper]
3. María Paz Martín, Alba Artiaga, Francisco José Tovar: The activation of employment services in Spain: Experiences of diffuse implementation in the third sector [abstract] [paper]
4. Wim Van Lancker: Does regulation work for the have-nots in a flexible society? A Multilevel Analysis of the Poverty Risk associated with Temporary Work for Low Skilled Women in the European Union [abstract] [paper]
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Friday, 14:30-16:30 Room 03, Session 9.2/C
Presentations
1. Teppo Kröger: 'Regimes' of reconciliation: European welfare states supporting working parents and parenting workers [abstract] [paper]
2. Dr. Barbara Vis and Karin Koole :Working Mothers and the State: When Do Governments Change Maternal Employment Supporting Policies? [abstract] [paper]
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Important dates
17 November 2009 = Call for stream convenors
18 December 2009 = Deadline for stream convenors
25 January 2010 = Call for abstracts
29 March 2010 = Deadline for abstract submission
3 May 2010 = Registration starts
6 June 2010 = Reduced fee application deadline
21 June 2010 24:00 (CET) = Early bird registration deadline
13 August 2010 24:00 (CET) - Deadline for submission of papers
16 August 2010 - Deadline for Registrations and payments
Registration fee is 160 Euros for early birds, 210 Euros for late birds. Central and Eastern European PhD students and professionals can apply for a reduced fee of 60 Euros at info@espanet2010.net until 6th June.
Registration opens on the 3rd May, early bird registration closes on the 21th June at 24:00 (CET).
Theme of the Conference
The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and its differential impact across Europe. The main questions for consideration include:
How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and groups, especially those in poverty, affected by the crisis? What are the adaptable capacities of the different “worlds of welfare”? Does the intensifying social vulnerability lead to the re-structuring of the programs to provide more security? How far have new programs been developed, and how far have new questions of social policy and welfare been opened up by the crisis?
We would like to broaden the horizon of social policy analysis and see global environmental concerns taken into account: How far are responses to the crisis re-thinking the role of the national and international/global state and the role of the European Union in creating economically, socially and environmentally sustainable societies?