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Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe
(2002)
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Abstract
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.
Hugh Compston is Lecturer in European Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University.
"The scope of the book is impressive." · Church and State in Contemporary Europe
Stefan Berger is Professor of History at the University of Glamorgan.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLICY CONCERTATION AND SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPIN WESTERN EUROPE | 1 | ||
| CONTENTS | 5 | ||
| NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 12 | ||
| PREFACE | 17 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 19 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 AUSTRIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:FROM CIVIL WAR TO SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP | 37 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 AUSTRIA IN THE 1990S:THE ROUTINE OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIPIN QUESTION? | 53 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 BRITAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:FROM WAR CONCERTATION TO THEDESTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT | 69 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 BRITAIN IN THE 1990S: THE ABSENCE OFPOLICY CONCERTATION | 81 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 DENMARK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:TOWARDS CONFLICT-BASED CONSENSUS | 95 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 DENMARK IN THE 1990S: STATUS QUOOR A MORE SELF-CONFIDENT STATE? | 101 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 FRANCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PARTNERSHIP | 115 | ||
| CHAPTER 8 FRANCE IN THE 1990S:STRUGGLING WITH THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY | 129 | ||
| CHAPTER 9 GERMANY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE | 143 | ||
| CHAPTER 10 GERMANY IN THE 1990S:THE IMPACT OF REUNIFICATION | 157 | ||
| CHAPTER 11 IRELAND IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:THE LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM –EDGING TOWARDS POLICY CONCERTATION | 173 | ||
| CHAPTER 12 IRELAND IN THE 1990S:POLICY CONCERTATION TRIUMPHANT | 185 | ||
| CHAPTER 13 ITALY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:THE LEGACIES OF FASCISM AND ANTI-FASCISM | 209 | ||
| CHAPTER 14 ITALY IN THE 1990S:POLICY CONCERTATION RESURGENT | 225 | ||
| CHAPTER 15 THE NETHERLANDS IN HISTORICALPERSPECTIVE: THE RISE AND FALLOF DUTCH POLICY CONCERTATION | 239 | ||
| CHAPTER 16 THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 1990S:TOWARDS ‘FLEXIBLE CORPORATISM’IN THE POLDER MODEL | 253 | ||
| CHAPTER 17 SPAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:FASCIST CORPORATISM AND SOCIAL PACTS | 267 | ||
| CHAPTER 18 SPAIN IN THE 1990S:STRATEGIC CONCERTATION | 283 | ||
| CHAPTER 19 SWEDEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE:THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDISH MODEL | 297 | ||
| CHAPTER 20 SWEDEN DURING THE 1990S:THE DEMISE OF CONCERTATION ANDSOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AND ITS SUDDENREAPPEARANCE IN 1998 | 313 | ||
| CHAPTER 21 THE POLITICS OF POLICY CONCERTATIONIN THE 1990S:THE ROLE OF IDEAS | 329 | ||
| CHAPTER 22 SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP 1880–1989:THE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS OFDIVERSE STRATEGIES | 353 | ||
| CHAPTER 23 POLICY CONCERTATION IN WESTERN EUROPE:A CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH | 371 | ||
| INDEX | 393 |