The thesis analyses the strategies of local development and employment creation in the framework of the European Union in the period of expansion prior to the economic crisis of 2008 (and within the period of development of local development policies
This doctoral thesis entitled “Labour trajectories and personal networks: a longitudinal analysis in youth population” has as its main objective the study of the work trajectories of young people and their social networks, understood as a resource for labour integration
During the course of this investigation, topics that are currently being debated regarding the laubor market in Spain are addressed. Its main objective is the study of the mobility that the different groups of workers actually have, due to the
The growing outsourcing of services is a paradigmatic phenomenon of recent changes in employment relations. The progressive erosion of the relationship between employee and employer, as well as the introduction of the client as an actor in labor relations can
The doctoral thesis starts from the need to (re) conceptualize the analytical framework in which to approach the study of new rural dynamics. To this end, the contributions of the New Economic Sociology, useful for a complementary approach to the
In a context in which labor is deeply marked by the uncertainties and transitory nature of employment, this thesis focuses on the inequalities generated by personal networks along the educational and labour trajectories of young people. Personal contacts — family,
The thesis aims to identify and analyze the transformations that the modern industrial society experiences with respect to subjective notions of the centrality of work informers two companies: Spain and Germany. We propose an approach on two levels. On the
Tobacco use is a preventable health problem linked to 25% of deaths before age 65 in developed countries and the principal cause of premature death in these populations. Tobacco is also a substance that produces dependence due to nicotine, comparable
In recent years the issue of quality of mixed methods research has received a considerable attention in the literature. Most of the works published to date have, however, been based on theoretical discussions instead of empirical accounts of how quality
The thesis analyses the transformations in the social and sexual division of labour in Spain, focusing in the household as the unit of analysis, and highlighting the class dimension of such changes. The point of entry into the problematic are
