Flexicurity Towards Responsibility for the Labour Market Changes

• Authors: Agnieszka Makarewicz-Marcinkiewicz

Abstracts

PL

Koncepcja flexicurity stanowiła kluczową kwestię w debatach i działalności instytucji Unii Europejskiej z zakresu zatrudnienia i polityki społecznej przez ostatnie dwie dekady. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza idei flexicurity w kontekście odpowiedzialności za rozwój rynku pracy. Odpowiedzialność jest przerzucana na państwo i pracowników, podczas gdy pracodawcy są zwolnieni z odpowiedzialności za koszty społeczne związane z fluktuacjami cyklu koniunkturalnego. Artykuł zawiera analizę procesu uelastyczniania rynku pracy i jego kompensacji poprzez system zabezpieczenia, krytycznego podejścia do modeli flexicurity oraz wyzwań związanych z implementacją tej koncepcji.

EN

The concept of flexicurity has been a key issue in the discussions and activities of institutions of the European Union in the field of employment and social policy for about two decades. The purpose of this article is to analyze the idea of flexicurity in the context of responsibility for development of the labour market. The responsibility is mostly transferred to the state and employees, while the employers are exempt from accountability for the social costs associated with the fluctuations in the economic cycle. The article contains the analysis of the labour market flexibilisation process and its compensation with the security system, critical approach to flexicurity models and challenges associated with the implementation of this concept.

Keywords

EN

flexicurity; social security; flexibility; labour market; responsibility

PL

flexicurity; zabezpieczenie socjalne; elastyczność; rynek pracy; odpowiedzialność

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 151-163

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Makarewicz-Marcinkiewicz

• Poznań University of Life Sciences

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2014.44.09

Biblioteka Nauki

2021210