“…The book gives a clear picture of the future of work, skills, and employment in today's Europe, contributing to the debate in economic sociology and labour economics."…”

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“…This will be an invaluable book for researchers in comparative social policy, poverty and social stratification and economic sociology, and for specialists on Central and Eastern Europe."…”

“…Using concepts from economic sociology and the social stratification literature, I develop a perspective that links financialization to income inequality by creating more unequal market incomes while simultaneously reducing redistribution and social transfers. …”

“…Cronin, of course, is not the first to have made this attempt but this new addition to the literature is distinctive in that the analysis, though ultimately historical, is informed by a critique of economic, sociological and political theories and makes extensive use of the statistical technique of multiple regression in testing the offered hypotheses. …”

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