Five Years' Experience of the Luxembourg Employment Strategy
Author: David Foden
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13:
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Europe and the Politics of Capabilities
Author: Robert Salais
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-01-13
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1139442600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe social agenda of the European Union is shifting towards broad social initiatives that align social and economic objectives with the promotion of employment. This calls for an action framework that permits social dialogue and political deliberation to inform and complement legislative action at all levels. The debate, however, has been dominated by advocates of traditional welfare states. This book, to break out of this sterile stalemate, demonstrates how an employment-orientated social policy in Europe can develop from a new, different set of policy principles, specifically 'a capability approach'. Taking inspiration from the work of Amartya Sen, this book focuses on the effective freedom people need to achieve their goals in life and work. The result of ongoing collaboration between researchers and social actors, it will appeal to social scientists, students, policy-makers and all those concerned with the building of Europe.
Making it Personal
Author: van Berkel, Rik
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2007-02-28
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781861347978
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the development of increasingly individualised public social services in the EU. It focuses particularly on activation services that have become crucial in the 'modernisation' of welfare states, comparing their introduction in the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland and the Czech Republic.
The Impact of European Employment Strategy in Greece and Portugal
Author: S. Zartaloudis
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-06-25
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 1137361972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the new use of new empirical evidence derived from analysing employment services, gender equality policies and flexicurity in Greece and Portugal, this book provides compelling new insights into how European Employment Strategy (EES) can influence the domestic employment policy of European Union member states.
Six Years of the European Employment Strategy
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Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlternative Perspectives on Economic Policies in the European Union
Author: P. Arestis
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-09-22
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0230627358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn examining alternative economic policies for the EU after the rejection of the European Constitution, this book covers: macroeconomic policy and the European Constitution; EU financial integration; reform of European regional policy; assessment and alternative proposals on European structural policies; and labour market policies in the EU.
Labour and Employment Regulation in Europe
Author: Jens Lind
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789052012469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the 'golden age' of industrial employment peaked around 1970, the weakening of organised labour has continued in Europe and elsewhere. This text studies the conditions and development of trade union behavior and organisation in the 21st century, aswell as addressing the successes and failures of the European Employment Strategy.
Activity Report
Author: European Trade Union Institute
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 726
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReshaping Welfare States and Activation Regimes in Europe
Author: SALTSA (Program)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9789052010489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe activation-based intervention paradigm is being adopted by several European countries resulting in major reforms to the social welfare system. The spread of the activation paradigm has had major repercussions, not only for welfare interventions aimed at combating unemployment, but also for the political regulation of the social question and citizenship. Citizenship is being redefined in contractual terms and greater emphasis is being placed on its economic aspects. Nevertheless, a wide range of policies are labelled with recourse to this interpretative framework and a pluralistic approach to implementation could serve just as well to empower as to weaken workers'/citizens' position in society. This book analyses the extent of these changes from a cross-cultural perspective. Institutional settings as well as prevailing work values and social representation of social exclusion (activation regimes) have a key role in defining the instruments to be used in national activation strategies to regulate the behaviour of job seekers. In this book, a discussion about the range of social welfare model reforms throughout Europe and a typology of activation regimes is proposed.
EU Labor Market Policy
Author: A. Schellinger
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-08
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1137508728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe EU's 'social dimension' today is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers and the adaptability of labor market regimes. The book argues that this social-liberal approach is best explained with a set of ideas strategically advanced by 'thought communities' in the policy process. It traces the success of this new approach in the debates among academic experts and policy-makers in the mid-1990s, the decisions leading to the adoption of the Treaty of Amsterdam, and the establishment of the approach in the policy field between 1997-2007. The author explores the processes through which ideas came to matter in the policy process. At every stage, the claim that ideas played a predominant role is strengthened by addressing the most viable alternative explanations such as institutional constraints set by Economic and Monetary Union and the preferences of political leaders.
