Professor Duncan Gallie CBE FBA is an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and Professor of Sociology in the University of Oxford. His research has focused on comparative European studies of the quality of employment and of unemployment. He has served on Advisory Committees of several European research institutions - IRESCO, L'IFRESI and the Paris School of Economics in France and The National Institute of Social Research in Denmark. He has advised the French government as a member of an expert group set up on psychosocial risks at work. He was a member of the EU Advisory Group on 'Social Sciences and Humanities in the European Research Area' for the Sixth Framework Programme. He served as Vice-President Social Sciences (2004-2006) and then as Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy (2006-2011).

this edited volume is an important contribution. It offers cutting-edge insights into the immediate impact of the crisis on work inequalities and social integration. Taken on its own, each chapter is outstanding, providing detailed evidence of different dimensions of quality of work and social integration. This book definitely advances our knowledge of the impact of the crisis, and I am convinced it will serve as a seminal study for future research on the medium and on the long-term impact of the crisis. Thus, I strongly recommend this book to scholars interested in the fields of sociology of work, social inequality, social stratification and international comparative research.

• 1. Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Social Integration: Issues and Context ; 2. Economic Crisis and Employment Change: The Great Regression ; 3. Distribution in the Downturn ; 4. Continuing Training in Times of Economic Crisis ; 5. Job Control, Work Intensity and Work Stress ; 6. Job Insecurity and the Peripheral Workforce ; 7. Work-Life Conflict and Economic Change ; 8. Economic Downturn and Work Motivation ; 9. Unemployment and Subjective Well-being ; 10. Economic Crisis, Political Legitimacy and Social Cohesion ; 11. Economic Crisis, Country Variations and Institutional Structure

Professor Duncan Gallie CBE FBA is an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and Professor of Sociology in the University of Oxford. His research has focused on comparative European studies of the quality of employment and of unemployment. He has served on Advisory Committees of several European research institutions - IRESCO, L'IFRESI and the Paris School of Economics in France and The National Institute of Social Research in Denmark. He has advised the French government as a member of an expert group set up on psychosocial risks at work. He was a member of the EU Advisory Group on 'Social Sciences and Humanities in the European Research Area' for the Sixth Framework Programme. He served as Vice-President Social Sciences (2004-2006) and then as Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy (2006-2011).

this edited volume is an important contribution. It offers cutting-edge insights into the immediate impact of the crisis on work inequalities and social integration. Taken on its own, each chapter is outstanding, providing detailed evidence of different dimensions of quality of work and social integration. This book definitely advances our knowledge of the impact of the crisis, and I am convinced it will serve as a seminal study for future research on the medium and on the long-term impact of the crisis. Thus, I strongly recommend this book to scholars interested in the fields of sociology of work, social inequality, social stratification and international comparative research.

• 1. Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Social Integration: Issues and Context ; 2. Economic Crisis and Employment Change: The Great Regression ; 3. Distribution in the Downturn ; 4. Continuing Training in Times of Economic Crisis ; 5. Job Control, Work Intensity and Work Stress ; 6. Job Insecurity and the Peripheral Workforce ; 7. Work-Life Conflict and Economic Change ; 8. Economic Downturn and Work Motivation ; 9. Unemployment and Subjective Well-being ; 10. Economic Crisis, Political Legitimacy and Social Cohesion ; 11. Economic Crisis, Country Variations and Institutional Structure

Professor Duncan Gallie CBE FBA is an Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and Professor of Sociology in the University of Oxford. His research has focused on comparative European studies of the quality of employment and of unemployment. He has served on Advisory Committees of several European research institutions - IRESCO, L'IFRESI and the Paris School of Economics in France and The National Institute of Social Research in Denmark. He has advised the French government as a member of an expert group set up on psychosocial risks at work. He was a member of the EU Advisory Group on 'Social Sciences and Humanities in the European Research Area' for the Sixth Framework Programme. He served as Vice-President Social Sciences (2004-2006) and then as Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy (2006-2011).

this edited volume is an important contribution. It offers cutting-edge insights into the immediate impact of the crisis on work inequalities and social integration. Taken on its own, each chapter is outstanding, providing detailed evidence of different dimensions of quality of work and social integration. This book definitely advances our knowledge of the impact of the crisis, and I am convinced it will serve as a seminal study for future research on the medium and on the long-term impact of the crisis. Thus, I strongly recommend this book to scholars interested in the fields of sociology of work, social inequality, social stratification and international comparative research.

• 1. Economic Crisis, the Quality of Work and Social Integration: Issues and Context ; 2. Economic Crisis and Employment Change: The Great Regression ; 3. Distribution in the Downturn ; 4. Continuing Training in Times of Economic Crisis ; 5. Job Control, Work Intensity and Work Stress ; 6. Job Insecurity and the Peripheral Workforce ; 7. Work-Life Conflict and Economic Change ; 8. Economic Downturn and Work Motivation ; 9. Unemployment and Subjective Well-being ; 10. Economic Crisis, Political Legitimacy and Social Cohesion ; 11. Economic Crisis, Country Variations and Institutional Structure