Flexicurity and the semantic transformation of the concept of security: the modernisation of the Spanish social protection

  1. Carlos Jesús Fernández Rodríguez 2
  2. Paz Martín Martín 1
  3. Amparo Serrano Pascual 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01cby8j38

Journal:
International Journal of Society Systems Science

ISSN: 1756-2511,  1756-252X

Year of publication: 2012

Volume: 4

Issue: 2

Pages: 150

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSS.2012.046991 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

During the last decade, flexicurity has appeared as the cornerstone to face the problems of vulnerability and social exclusion. In order to preserve the adaptation to the 'taken for granted' need to change and the capacity to re-define competences and skills of employees, the regulatory frames of the labour markets have undertaken a deep political and axiological transformation. This paper based on an ongoing research project will explore these new models of governance in the Spanish context focusing on how flexicurity has been translated and developed by the public employment agencies. These developments have enhanced the 'de-politisation' of work and strengthened the 'psychologisation' of social protection.

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