Constructing Worlds of Labour by Ulrich Mckenberger, Heiner ... - 9783031824104

Constructing Worlds of LabourCoverage and Generosity of Labour Law as Outcomes of Regulatory Social Policy\nAuthor(s): Ulrich Mckenberger, Heiner Fechner, Irene Dingeldey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031824104, 978-3031824104\nSynopsis\nThis open access book simultaneously addresses both the segmenting and the egalitarian function of individual labour law, in almost all countries of the world, in some chapters following up from its origin to the present. Its socio-legal approach fills gaps for sociological, legal and historical research of regulatory social policy. Labour law is dealt with both in qualitative (theoretical, hermeneutic and historical) and in quantitative manner (with the leximetrics method developing new ways to measure generosity and coverage of law). This is a groundbreaking contribution to regulatory social policy research. By indicating the relevance and the mechanisms of.