Europe's Disappearing Middle Class?

Contents:

1. Is The World of Work Behind Middle Class Reshuffling?
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre

2. Is The World of Work Stimulating Middle Class Growth in the Baltic States?
Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg

3. Social Concertation and Middle Class Stability in Belgium
Sarah Kuypers and Ive Marx

4. Transformation in the World of Work and the Middle Class: The French Experience
Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel

5. The Erosion of the German Middle Class: The End of the 'Levelled-Out, Middle Class Society'?
Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina

6. The Greek Middle Classes Facing an Uncertain Future
Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos

7. Is Hungary Still in Search of its Middle Class?
Istvan Gyoergy Toth

8. Middle Incomes in Boom and Bust: The Irish Experience
Bertrand Maitre and Brian Nolan

9. The Middle Class in Italy: Reshuffling, Erosion, Polarization
Annamaria Simonazzi and Teresa Barbieri

10. Stagnating Incomes and the Middle Class in the Netherlands: Running to Stand Still?
Wiemer Salverda

11. Still Holding On? Inequality, Labour Market and Middle Income Groups in Portugal
Pilar Gonza?Lez, Anto?Nio Figueiredo, Hugo Figueiredo and Luis Delfim Santos

12. Knocking on Heaven's Door: Changes in the World of Work and the Middle Class in Spain
Rafael Munoz-De-Bustillo and Jose-Ignacio Anton

13. The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Middle Class?
Dominique Anxo

14. How Have Middle-Income Households Fared in Unequal Britain? A Focus on Work and Employment Trends
Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty

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• Classes sociais
• Relações industriais
• Economia do trabalho

Middle class; inequalities; growth and income redistribution; European Social Model; Social policies; European Union; financial and economic crisis; fiscal policy; social protection; pensions; public services; workers' rights; wages; employment and labour market; quality of jobs and working conditions; social dialogue; social cohesion