EU social policy in the 1990s : towards a corporatist policy community / Gerda Falkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falkner, Gerda.

Falkner G Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Routledge research in European public policy ; 6.

Routledge research in European public policy ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social history.

European Union countries--Social policy.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers an analytical overview of schools of thought on European integration which offer useful insights into EU social politics. Building on this framework, the chapters then examine in detail pre-Maastricht social policy and the 'social partners', the innovations of the Treaty itself, and where EU social policy stands at the end of the 1990's. Case studies of European Works Councils, parental leave, and atypical work, are included to highlight the day-to-day processes at work in social policy formation and the major interest groups and EU institutions involved. This is an up-to-date

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Series editor's preface; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Political theory and EU politics; Social policy from Messina to Maastricht; Social policy in the Maastricht Treaty; Policy-making under the Social Protocol; The evolution of social interest intermediation; Conclusions and the future; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-252) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-72733-X

1-134-72734-8

1-280-32335-3

0-585-45998-3

0-203-29907-8

9780203299074

OCLC:

560518375