John Baldock

Sarah Vickerstaff

Nick Manning

Designed for use by undergraduates on social policy, social work and sociology courses and by students on vocational training courses (including postgraduate), this textbook covers all the main topics of social policy.

Social Policy

Phil White

Wendy Loretto

Across the world governments in mature industrial and post-industrial economies are concerned about the ageing population. Dealing directly and exclusively with the issue of older workers, this book brings together up-to-the minute research findings by many of the leading researchers and writers in the field. The authors address key issues that will influence public policy in the UK and beyond, including: - vbTab]What do workers over 50 want: the opportunity to retire early, to retire gradually or to carry on working past state pension ages?- vbTab]What impact will an ageing workforce have on employer policies towards recruitment, training, career management and retirement?- vbTab]How will the government promote the benefits of extending working lives, and what supports will older workers and their employers need from the government's pension, taxation and benefits regimes?The duration and quality of working lives and the timing and circumstances of retirement are of growing concern, especially in those cases where employers' demands and imperatives clash with employees' wishes. The contributions in this volume focus upon various measures taken by the state and employers to foster the employment of older workers in Britain, mainland Europe, the US and Japan. The book is aimed at academics, students, policy makers and other professionals (such as training managers, HR professionals and trade unionists) interested in contemporary issues within social policy, the sociology of ageing, and human resource and diversity management. It will also be of interest to older workers themselves.

New Perspectives

The Future for Older Workers

John E. M. Thirkell

Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations J E M Thirkell

K. Petkov

Krastyu Petkov

Krŭstʹo Petkov

Professor of the Sociology of Work K Petkov

Senior Lecturer S Vickerstaff

The substantial political changes in Eastern Europe and Russia since 1989 have been accompanied by the attempted transfer, imposition, and imitation of labour relations practices and mechanisms from other market economies, primarily of Western Europe. This book addresses the extent to whichthese transferred labour-relations institutions are likely to take root. The authors offer a comparative analysis of changing labour relations at national level in a range of countries, and the role of governments, international institutions, trade unions, and other agencies. This is supported byin-depth case studies on the processes of transformation at enterprise level. Drawing on the findings of an international research team, analysis of the change process and recent developments is related to the legacies of the socialist system.

Restructuring and Privatization in Eastern Europe and Russia

The Transformation of Labour Relations

Sarah Vickerstaff

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