Abstract:This chapter deals with solidarity towards those made more vulnerable due to less security in employment and degraded social protection during hard times. 1 Stable, long-term employment paying a living wage shrunk over previous decades, as shortterm, unstable, poorly paid jobs spread. Higher insecurity and instability affected standard and temporary employment, the latter rising everywhere. Particularly in segmentation-prone Birmarckian systems, such as the Portuguese, where social security is closely linked w… Show more
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