Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93044 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] Management Revue [ISSN:] 1861-9916 [Volume:] 23 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Rainer Hampp Verlag [Place:] Mering [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 119-139
Publisher: 
Rainer Hampp Verlag, Mering
Abstract: 
The policy discourse termed flexicurity is on its way of becoming a concept. Yet, this political process bears the risk of departing from the very idea of flexicurity. This paper argues that this could be prevented if flexicurity were guided by a clear conception of human well-being. The paper suggests complementing flexicurity by the capabilityapproach. Random or adverse effects of flexicurity-policy on human freedom can be avoided if 'flexibility and security' in the employment system are recognised not as ends in themselves, but as instruments at the service of people's capabilities. In principle, it is argued, flexicurity has the potential of extending human freedoms.
Subjects: 
flexicurity
capability-approach
JEL: 
B59
D63
H11
I38
J58
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Document Type: 
Article

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