Abstract The inclusion of ‘just transition’ in the Paris Agreement 2015 has inspired subsequent attempts, and hopes, to bridge jobs versus climate divide attempts decarbonize industrial society. But what are imperatives for a just tr[ansition workforce? And nationally defined development priorities creation decent work quality jobs? Through interviews with Swedish trade union representatives fr...

Employment guidance theory and praxis promote long-term career development access to decent work sustainable jobs, yet the focus of public employment services in recent times has been influenced by policy matters activation, conditionality rapid job placement. While effective for some, it less workers exposed negative impacts social economic development. COVID-19-related unemployment highlighte...

This paper tries to offer an indication of what it means to be young, displaced and looking for a job in a war-affected town of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Starting off as a sociological survey into the livelihoods of young displaced migrants in the city of Butembo, it subsequently integrates more critical views on the life making perspectives of these African youngsters, who appear to be...

The notion of decent work was developed by the International Labour Organization 20 years ago. The notion is now well known by lawyers, economists, and sociologists, and even if it appears difficult to define it clearly, it constitutes a useful general framework with which to think of the relationships between policy practices, work market globalization, and human rights principles. The fields ...

Decent work is a key tool to overcome insecurities caused by a lack of choice and access to opportunities which lead to disempowerment. Decent work includes rights, social protection, employment and the promotion of social dialogue, applied in an integrated manner. The legal aspect of decent work lies at the heart of the empowerment process, helping to break the cycle of inequality by providing...

From a macroeconomic perspective, this paper asks whether or not output growth has been working in tandem with decent work targets over the past few decades. Though country experiences vary, growth has generally been much less of a driver toward decent work targets after the 2009 global downturn than previously. Using vulnerable employment data spanning 48 countries (1990-2010), this paper then...

Since the early 1990s, a market?orientated policymaking in Latin American countries did nothing to secure decent and productive jobs or eliminate gender inequities. It served, rather, limit social investments that were needed increase wellbeing, cohesion, and, eventually, productivity. The pioneering scholarly work of authors this thematic issue, using either qualitative quantitative methodolog...