Outlines the present state of the labour market, the mechanisms available to support the attainment of full, productive and decent employment, and examines critically the institutions, processes and capacity of the market as well as the manner of their interaction.

This paper discusses the employment policy mechanisms in the EU and the United Kingdom and Germany.

Based on interviews of returned migrants and persons from Ministries, Embassies and NGOs, examines emigration flows, mainly to Greece and Italy. Distinguishes between trafficked and non-trafficked persons, the respective working conditions encountered, threats and violence experienced, whether...

Compares conditions of academic tenure and its functional equivalent in post secondary education in selected Anglo-American countries and in countries governed by civil-service regimes. Draws conclusions regarding nomination and dismissal, the case of distant-study teaching, effects of brain...