Political Behaviour of Temporary Workers

Informationen zum Autor Paul Marx is Associate Professor at the Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research interests are related to comparative political economy, political sociology, and welfare state research. Klappentext Insecure temporary employment is growing in Europe, but we know little about how being in such jobs affects political preferences and behaviour. Combining insights from psychology, political science and labour market research, this book offers new theories and evidence on the political repercussions of temporary jobs. Zusammenfassung Insecure temporary employment is growing in Europe! but we know little about how being in such jobs affects political preferences and behaviour. Combining insights from psychology! political science and labour market research! this book offers new theories and evidence on the political repercussions of temporary jobs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Labour Market Change in Europe: Determinants and Effects of Temporary Work Contracts 3. Theoretical Perspectives on the Political Behaviour of Temporary Workers 4. The Policy Preferences of Temporary Workers 5. The Party Preferences of Temporary Workers 6. The Voting Behaviour of Temporary Workers 7. Are Temporary Workers Politically Alienated 8. Conclusions Appendix

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Labour Market Change in Europe: Determinants and Effects of Temporary Work Contracts
3. Theoretical Perspectives on the Political Behaviour of Temporary Workers
4. The Policy Preferences of Temporary Workers
5. The Party Preferences of Temporary Workers
6. The Voting Behaviour of Temporary Workers
7. Are Temporary Workers Politically Alienated
8. Conclusions
Appendix

Product details

• Authors: Paul Marx
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2015
• EAN: 9781137394866
• ISBN: 978-1-137-39486-6
• No. of pages: 177
• Series: Work and Welfare in Europe; Work and Welfare in Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; B, Political Science, Social Policy, Poverty, Political science & theory, Development Aid, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Work and Organizational Psychology, Political Economy, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Central / national / federal government policies, Industrial psychology, International Political Economy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Development Studies, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, International Political Economy’