Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Henrekson, Magnus / Wennstroem, Johan, Dumbing Down: The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System - and How to Reverse the Trend. 212 pp. 2022:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <674-390>
ISBN 978-3-030-93428-6 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99
ISBN 978-3-030-93431-6 paper ¥9,412.- (税込) EUR 39.99

This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a privatized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and the lowering of academic standards, the move away from objective knowledge towards constructive knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the labor market is also discussed. This book highlight the issues seen in Sweden and suggests policies that can improve education, not just in Sweden but the rest of the world as well. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in education and labor economics.

Mense-Petermann, Ursula / Welskopp, Thomas et al. (eds.), In Search of the Global Labor Market. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 219) 290 pp. 2022:7 (Brill, NE) <674-391>
ISBN 978-90-04-51452-2 hard ¥32,956.- (税込) EUR 140.00

This volume addresses pertinent questions related to cross-border labor migration and puts forward a "labor market" perspective that goes beyond the national frame of reference prevailing in most of the extant labor market scholarship. In four sections, the volume pulls together a number of key threads: How can we theoretically grasp "global labor markets?" What does existing empirical research reveal about the current state of affairs and the historical development of "global labor markets", provided that they can even be regarded as "global?" How is the emergence of border-crossing labor markets influenced by existing institutions, international intermediaries and social networks? The editors have crafted a coherent volume that enriches our understanding of both globalization and labor markets. Contributors include: Patrik Aspers, Peter-Paul Baenziger, Martin Buehler, Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, Richard Hyman, Sven Kesselring, Eleonore Kofman, Ursula Mense-Petermann, Sigrid Quack, Alexandra Scheele, Helen Schwenken, Karen Shire, Marcel van der Linden, Thomas Welskopp, Tobias Werron, and Anna Zaharieva.