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The dominant view in economics is that increasing demands for flexibility on the labour market jeopardizes employment security. However, against the prediction of a negative relationship or a`trade-off' between flexibility and security, there is evidence for a positive, mutually reinforcing relationship known as the `flexicurity' thesis. Using comparative panel data for 14 European countries, we elaborate dynamic outcome indicators for flexibility and employment security to assess the differences across countries and welfare regimes in balancing the two.We estimate transition models to explain the observed mobility patterns.The outcomes confirm the impact of the institutional set-up indicated by regime type on these transitions supporting the `variety of capitalism' approach.The regulated Southern and Continental regimes perform worst and the unregulated Anglo-Saxon and Nordic regimes best in attaining high levels of flexibility and employment security simultaneously, though for both regimes with a small loss either in flexibility or in security.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Introduction -- Part I: General -- Chapter 1: What Is 'Fair': Different Opinions -- Chapter 2: Ethics: Human Rights and Basic Needs -- Chapter 3: Concepts Derived from the Human Rights: Living Wage and Living Income -- ETI -- The 1998 ETI Living Wage Summit formula -- SA8000 -- Living Wage Studies in UK and USA -- UK -- US Living Wage Calculator -- Chapter 4: Fair Wages, What Does It Mean? -- Chapter 5: Are Market and Equilibrium Prices and Wages Ethical? -- Chapter 6: Living Wage, Living Income and Fair Price Further Explained -- Chapter 7: Poverty Lines: How to Use Them for Poverty Alleviation -- Case Study of India -- Chapter 8: How a Different Way of Calculating in the Production Chain Can Lead to a more Equal Share for All Stakeholders -- Calculation Example -- Chapter 9: How to Calculate Fair Wages -- Chapter 10: Effects of Payment of Fair Wages and Prices on Socio-economic Development -- Economic Effects -- Purchasing Power -- Turnover -- Profits -- Employment -- Effects on Government Budget -- Migration -- Social Effects -- Chapter 11: Conclusions on Economic and Social Effects -- Chapter 12: Broader Context -- Part II: Agriculture -- Chapter 13: Introduction -- Chapter 14: About Necessity and Possibilities to Pay Fair Prices to Small Farmers -- Chapter 15: Fair Price for Agricultural Products -- Chapter 16: Steps to Be Taken to Calculate Fair Prices -- From This the Living Wage Per Adult Earning Family Member Per Working Day Can Be Calculated -- Based on This Fair Prices Needed to Achieve Living Wages and Living Income Can Be Calculated -- Fair Price -- Chapter 17: Case Studies -- Introduction -- Calculation of Fair and Not-fully Employed Prices in the Tea Sector in Malawi.

Preliminary Material -- A Mixture of the Strange and the Familiar -- Given Reality Autism - Facts and Figures -- On Stage The Autist, the Author, his Characters and their Props -- Body and Mind Shows The Imagination Deficit, Theory of Mind and Atmospheric Turbulence -- On Words and Clocks The Socialization Deficit and Temporal Ordering in a Community for Young Autists -- With Lacelike Precision The Communication Deficit and Autobiographical Works by Autistic People -- Autistic Company -- Notes.

Robert A.D. Ford had a distinguished diplomatic career that included an unprecedented sixteen years as Canadian ambassador to the Soviet Union during some of the most turbulent and important years of the Cold War (1964-80). Relying heavily on first-person testimony, including several interviews with Ford himself, Charles Ruud takes the reader behind the official announcements, revealing Ford's thoughts and actions as he dealt with what was then seen as the great arch-enemy of Western democratic nations.