Policy concertation and social partnership in Western Europe : lessons for the 21st century / edited by Stefan Berger and Hugh Compston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berger, Stefan, editor.

Compston, Hugh, 1955- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate state--Europe, Western.

Corporate state.

Industrial relations--Europe, Western.

Industrial relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Policy concertation - the determination of public policy by means of agreements struck between governments, employers and trade unions - continues to thrive in Western Europe despite the impact of liberalizing trends that were expected to lead to its demise. This volume brings together a team of 23 experts with the aim to undertake paired historical and political studies of policy concertation in ten West European countries, which were then subjected to systematic comparative analysis. It shows that overall the incidence of broad policy concertation in Western Europe can be explained by the changing configurations of just three variables.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction The Strange Persistence of Policy Concertation 1

Hugh Compston

PART I COUNTRY STUDIES

Chapter 1 Austria in Historical Perspective: From Civil War to

Social Partnership 19

Jill Lewis

Chapter 2 Austria in the 1990s: The Routine of Social Partnership

in Question? 35

Emmerich Tdlos and Bernhard Kittel

Chapter 3 Britain in Historical Perspective: From War Concertation

to the Destruction of the Social Contract 51

Chris Williams

Chapter 4 Britain in the 1990s: The Absence of Policy Concertation 63

Peter Dorey

Chapter 5 Denmark in Historical Perspective: Towards Conflict-

Based Consensus 77

Carsten Str0by Jensen

Chapter 6 Denmark in the 1990s: Status Quo or a More Self-

Confident State? 83

Mikkel Mailand

Chapter 7 France in Historical Perspective: The Impossibility of

Partnership 97

Susan Milner

Chapter 8 France in the 1990s: Struggling with the Weight of

History 111

Nick Parsons

Chapter 9 Germany in Historical Perspective: The Gap Between

Theory and Practice 125

Stefan Berger

Chapter 10 Germany in the 1990s: The Impact of Reunification 139

Jeremy Leaman

Chapter 11 Ireland in Historical Perspective: The Legacies of

Colonialism - Edging Towards Policy Concertation 155

Emmet O'Connor

Chapter 12 Ireland in the 1990s: Policy Concertation Triumphant 167

Rory O'Donnell and Damian Thomas

Chapter 13 Italy in Historical Perspective: The Legacies of Fascism

and Anti-Fascism 191

Gino Bedani

Chapter 14 Italy in the 1990s: Policy Concertation Resurgent 207

Bruce Haddock

Chapter 15 The Netherlands in Historical Perspective: The Rise and

Fall of Dutch Policy Concertation 221

Anton Hemerijck

Chapter 16 The Netherlands in the 1990s: Towards 'Flexible

Corporatism' in the Polder Model 235

Hans Slomp

Chapter 17 Spain in Historical Perspective: Fascist Corporatism and

Social Pacts 249

Robert A. Robinson

Chapter 18 Spain in the 1990s: Strategic Concertation 265

Miguel Martinez Lucio

Chapter 19 Sweden in Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of

the Swedish Model 279

James Fulcher

Chapter 20 Sweden in the 1990s: The Demise of Policy Concertation

and Social Partnership and Its Sudden Reappearance

in 1998 295

Victor A. Pestoff

PART II COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 21 The Politics of Policy Concertation in the 1990s: The Role

of Ideas 311

Chapter 22 Social Partnership 1880-1989: The Deep Historical Roots

of Diverse Strategies 335

Chapter 23 Policy Concertation in Western Europe: A Configurational

Approach 353

Hugh Compston.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571817020

1571817026

9781571814944

1571814949

9781782389842

1782389849