Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2003-11-04

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Dated October 2003. Special feature: Product market competition.


Economic Policy for a Social Europe

Economic Policy for a Social Europe

Author: Jörg Huffschmid

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-09-08

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0230523390

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This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives. The book argues that the economic weakness of the EU is the result of the very restrictive economic policy of the Union and most member states. The book advances from a comprehensive critique of macroeconomic, social and structural policies towards a concrete concept for a democratic European social model based on the objectives of full employment, welfare, social equity and ecological sustainability.


OECD Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2002

OECD Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2002

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2002-07-31

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9264194118

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This 2002 edition of OECD's periodic review of the Euro Area economy examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects and includes special features on the fiscal policy framework, monetary management, financial market integration, and the EU's policy processes.


Adjusting to EMU

Adjusting to EMU

Author: B. Ardy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0230554741

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This book provides an original and wide-ranging analysis of the impact of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) on economic governance in the EU and in several key Member States within and outside the Euro area. Its emphasis is on adaptation: how EMU encourages change in national and EU institutions and in national economic regimes. It brings together economic, political science and legal perspectives to explain how national economies adapted, the dynamics of policy-making and the complex web of laws, processes and actors in the EMU.


Clientelism and Economic Policy

Clientelism and Economic Policy

Author: Aris Trantidis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-28

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1317326598

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With its deep economic crisis and dramatic political developments Greece has puzzled Europe and the world. What explains its long-standing problems and its incapacity to reform its economy? Using an analytic narrative and a comparative approach, the book studies the pattern of economic reforms in Greece between 1985 and 2015. It finds that clientelism - the allocation of selective benefits by political actors (patrons) to their supporters (clients) - created a strong policy bias that prevented the country from implementing deep-cutting reforms. The book shows that the clientelist system differs from the general image of interest-group politics and that the typical view of clientelism, as individual exchange between patrons and clients, has not fully captured the wide range and implications of this phenomenon. From this, the author develops a theory on clientelism and policy-making, addressing key questions on the politics of economic reform, government autonomy and party politics. The book is an essential addition to the literatures on clientelism, public choice theory, and comparative political economy. It will be of key interest to scholars and students of European Union politics, economic policy and party politics.


Integrating UK and European Social Policy

Integrating UK and European Social Policy

Author: Robert Geyer

Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781857757644

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Does the European Union really matter to British policy? For some it is a leading light, for others an irrelevancy. Given the uneven and evolving nature of EU policy, how can we evaluate its overall impact? This book is the first to combine a clear and detailed introduction to the new science of complexity and its application to social policy, Europeanisation, globalisation and the EU-UK relationship. It includes a detailed review of four key policy areas: employment, labour, gender and monetary relations. "Integrating UK and European Social Policy" provides groundbreaking reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of politics, history, international relations, economics, social policy and applied social science. It is also useful for academics with an interest in European social policy, and policy makers and shapers, including government and non-government organisations.


Alternative Perspectives on Economic Policies in the European Union

Alternative Perspectives on Economic Policies in the European Union

Author: P. Arestis

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-09-22

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0230627358

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In 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.


Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union

Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union

Author: Silvana Sciarra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1139452444

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This book originates from the research project 'New discourses in labour law' held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into the 'Open method of co-ordination'. The impact of European employment policies is considered in parallel with the implementation of the Directive on part-time work, thus providing a complete overview of both soft and hard law mechanisms available to national policy-makers. In this 2004 work, the interaction between law and policy emerges as a dynamic and constantly changing process of exchange between national and supranational actors, through the use of concrete examples of lawmaking. Labour law is put forward as being central in the current evolution of European law, and this centrality is presented as a confirmation of innovation and continuity in regulatory techniques.