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Flexibility and security: an asymmetrical relationship?

Table of contents

Introduction.....................................................................................................................5

1.  Definition of concepts and typology of flexicurity ........................................................9

1.1. What does “flexicurity” mean and what it does not mean ....................................................9

1.2. Types and possible combinations of flexibility and security ............................................10

2.  Implications of various forms of flexicurity combinations ............................................17

2.1.   Implications for workers ............................................................................................................17

2.2.   Implications for companies and organisations .......................................................................18

2.3.   Implications for welfare regimes...............................................................................................20

3.  The rationale behind flexicurity policies.......................................................................21

3.1.   The challenges of globalisation and the Lisbon strategy ......................................................21

3.2.   From job security to employment security..............................................................................22

3.3.   Managing change and social risks .............................................................................................27

4. The EU flexicurity agenda: in search of the appropriate policy mix that balances
flexibility and security ................................................................................................29

4.1.   The key components of the EU flexicurity strategy..............................................................29

4.2.   Four typical pathways to flexicurity ..........................................................................................32

4.3. Compensating mechanisms and trade-offs ............................................................................34

5. Not a “one-size-fits all” model...................................................................................37

5.1.   An “ideal type” of a flexicurity system: the Danish model .................................................37

5.2.   Learning from the others ...........................................................................................................40

5.3.   Ardent supporters, reluctant followers and the front of rejection ...................................... 45

6. The national context and its impact on the configuration of flexicurity

policies through a comparative approach of 4 different countries: Denmark,
the Netherlands, Spain and Greece..............................................................................51

6.1.   The socio-economic context .....................................................................................................52

6.1.1. Structure of the economy .....................................................................................................52

6.1.2. Welfare regimes ..................................................................................................................57

6.1.3. Education and skills ...........................................................................................................60

6.2.   The process of social concertation...........................................................................................62

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