European Welfare States and Supranational Governance of Social Policy / by A. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Ailish M.

Series:

St Antony's Series, 2633-5972

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Labor economics.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Political science.

European Politics.

Labor Economics.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Social Theory.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

European Politics.

Labor Economics.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Social Theory.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ailish Johnson examines national welfare state regimes of EU Member States and the features of the European Union and the International Labour Organization that encourage cooperation and assure outcomes of supranational cooperation higher than theories of inter-state bargaining or social dumping would predict. By tracing the development of EU and global social policy from the 1950s to today, she identifies policy leaders, resisters and passive states. She concludes with an analysis of the forms and outputs of supranational social policy and suggests limits of social policy in an enlarged European Union.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1 European Welfare States and Supranational Governance of Social Policy

Defining social policy

First explanatory variable: welfare state regimes in the EU

Second explanatory variable: institutions and new forms of governance

Third explanatory variable: when is ideology relevant?

Method and sources

2 Governance by Law: Health and Safety in the Workplace

Welfare state preferences in health and safety policy

Health and safety regulation in the EU: 1952-85

Negotiations on qualified majority voting (QMV) in art. 118 of the SEA

The Framework Directive on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (Directive 89/391/EEC)

Conclusion: the unanticipated consequences of qualified majority voting in the SEA

3 Governance by Collective Bargaining: The Social Dialogue

Welfare state preferences for Social Dialogue

Social Dialogue at the EU level: 1955-90

Negotiations on the enhancement of Social Dialogue in the Maastricht Treaty

The Framework Agreement on part-time work: negotiations and national implementation

Conclusion

4 Governance by the Open Method of Coordination: The European Employment Strategy

Welfare state preferences in employment policy

Employment policies in the ECSC, EEC and EU: 1954-94

Amsterdam Treaty negotiations

The European Employment Strategy: the anticipated and unanticipated consequences of the European Employment Title

5 Global Governance of Social Policy: EU Member States at the International Labour Organization

The structure of social policy legislation and rights in the global system

National ratifications of ILO Conventions by EU Member States.

EU-ILO relations: formal and informal inter-institutional cooperation

Social policy at the global level: five specific issue areas of cooperation

Conclusion: global governance and the EU

6 Conclusion

Supranational forms of governance compared

Leaders, resisters and passive Member States in supranational governance

What's in and what's out: the evolution of supranational governance in social policy

Notes

Appendix: List of Interviews

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610283064

9781280283062

1280283068

9780230006195

0230006191