Mercati del lavoro locale e attori sociali : esperienze in Europa

Drawing on the results of comparative research, the paper deals with the new challenges that labour markets had to face in the European countries over the last two decades. In this perspective, particular emphasis is given to the initiatives taken by the social partners, sometimes together with local governments, at territorial level to furnish some form of labour security to workers with atypical contracts of employment. The logics of the different forms of protection are finally discussed.