The Age of Dualization

Poverty, increased inequality, and social exclusion are back on the political agenda, not only as a consequence of the Great Recession of 2008, but also because of a seemingly structural trend towards increased inequality in advanced industrial societies that has persisted since the 1970s. Policies in labor markets, social policy, and political representation are strongly linked in the creation, widening, and deepening of insider-outsider divides--a process known as dualization. While it is certainly not the only driver of increasing inequality, its development across multiple domains makes dualization one of the most important current trends affecting developed societies.The comparative perspective of this book provides insights into why Nordic countries witness lower levels of insider-outsider divides, whereas in continental, liberal and southern welfare states, they are more likely to constitute a core characteristic of the political economy. Most importantly, the comparisons presented in this book point to the crucial importance of politics and political choice in driving and shaping the social outcomes of deindustrialization. While increased structural labor market divides can be found across all countries, governments have a strong responsibility in shaping the distributive consequences of these labor market changes. Insider-outsider divides are ultimately the result of political choice.A landmark publication, this volume is geared for faculty and graduate students of economics, political science, social policy, and sociology, as well as policymakers concerned with increasing inequality in a period of deep economic and social crisis.

Part I: Concept and Measurement1. How We Grow UnequalPatrick Emmenegger, Silja H?usermann, Bruno Palier, and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser2. Varieties of Dualization? Labor Market Segmentation and Insider-Outsider Divides Across RegimesSilja H?usermann and Hanna Schwander3. Labor Market Disadvantage and the Experience of Recurrent PovertyMark Tomlinson and Robert WalkerPart II: Decomposing Dualization4. Whatever Works: Dualization and the Service Economy in Bismarckian Welfare StatesWerner Eichhorst and Paul Marx5. Dualization and Gender in Social Services: The Role of the State in Germany and FranceDaniela Kroos and Karin Gottschall6. From Dilemma to Dualization: Social and Migration Policies in the 'Reluctant Countries of ImmigrationPatrick Emmenegger and Romana CarejaPart III: Varieties of Dualization7. Shifting the Public-Private Mix: A New Dualization of WelfareMartin Seeleib-Kaiser, Adam Saunders, and Marek Naczyk8. Responses to Labor Market Divides in Small States Since the 1990sHerbert Obinger, Peter Starke, and Alexandra Kaasch9. Dualization and Institutional Complementarities: Industrial Relations, Labor Market and Welfare State Changes in France and GermanyBruno Palier and Kathleen Thelen10. Economic Dualization in Japan and South KoreaIto PengPart IV: The Politics of Dualization11. Solidarity or Dualization? Social Governance, Union Preferences and Unemployment Benefit Adjustment in Belgium and FranceDaniel Clegg12. Insider-Outsider Politics: Party Strategies and Political Behavior in SwedenJohannes Lindvall and David Rueda13. How Rich Countries Cope With DeindustrializationPatrick Emmenegger, Silja H?usermann, Bruno Palier, and Martin Seeleib-KaiserIndex