Regulating working time transitions in Europe This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements affecting labour market transitions through different working time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through transitional labour markets is possible assesses the effects of labour market transitions and prescribes improvements with the aim of preventing the development of social exclusion from paid employment 1. Introduction 2. Working time transitions in Sweden 3. Regulating working time transitions in Germany 4. Negotiated flexibility working time and transitions in the Netherlands 5. Working times in France : institutional methods of regulating and new practices 6. Flexibility in the Spanish labour market : working time and temporary employment 7. Working time flexibility in Ireland 8. Re regulating transitions continuity and change in the UK