The interplay between labour markets and welfare states is at the core of debates about the new Europe, which will be shaped as the result of the Lisbon process. Recently the concept of ‘flexicurity’ has moved to the centre of the discussion. Can interfaces between welfare states and labour markets be developed, where flexibility and security come together having ‘flexicurity’ as the outcome? How can flexicurity develop within different national employment systems? Can the design and implementation of flexicurity arrangements be guided by a set of common principles on flexicurity?
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations