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Individual working lives through the lens of the capability approach: evaluation of policies and items for debate

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  • Emanuela Abbatecola

    (Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, University of Genoa, Italy)

  • Florence Lefresne

    (Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES), Paris, France)

  • Joan Miquel Verd

    (Centre d’Estudis Sociològics sobre la Vida Quotidiana i el Treball (QUIT), Institut d’Estudis del Treball (IET) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain)

  • Josiane Vero

    (Centre d’études et de recherche sur les qualifications (Céreq), Marseille, France)

Abstract

The aim of this concluding article is to bring together the ideas and arguments of the articles that make up this issue so as to present some conclusions and recommendations. The article emphasizes important lessons from this special issue, underlining how Europe has lost its way over recent years by imposing the market as the primary mechanism for social and economic organization. It presents some recommendations and priorities for future debates on the employment and social policy agenda. L’objectif de cet article de conclusion est de rassembler les idées et les arguments des articles qui constituent ce numéro spécial et de présenter ainsi quelques conclusions et recommandations. L’article met en lumière les leçons importantes que l’on peut tirer de ce numéro spécial, en soulignant comment l’Europe a fait fausse route au cours des dernières années en imposant le marché comme mécanisme essentiel d’organisation sociale et économique. Il présente également certaines pistes d’action et priorités pour des débats à venir sur l’agenda de l’emploi et de la politique sociale. Dieser abschließende Beitrag fasst die Ideen und Argumente der vorhergehenden Artikel zusammen und präsentiert einige Schlussfolgerungen und Empfehlungen. Der Beitrag unterstreicht wichtige Befunde dieser Themenausgabe und betont, dass Europa in den vergangenen Jahren vom richtigen Weg abgekommen ist, indem es den Markt als grundlegenden Mechanismus für die Sozial-und Wirtschaftsordnung durchgesetzt hat. Er unterbreitet ebenfalls Empfehlungen und Schwerpunkte für künftige Debatten im Bereich Beschäftigung und Sozialpolitik.

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  • Emanuela Abbatecola & Florence Lefresne & Joan Miquel Verd & Josiane Vero, 2012. "Individual working lives through the lens of the capability approach: evaluation of policies and items for debate," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 18(1), pages 83-89, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:18:y:2012:i:1:p:83-89
    DOI: 10.1177/1024258911431197
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