Research Catalog

Title

Social policy in the European Union : between harmonization and national autonomy / Ivor Roberts and Beverly Springer.

Author

Roberts, Ivor, 1938-

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Springer, Beverly.

Description

vii, 179 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This study provides a systematic examination of the feasibility of a common European Union social policy superimposed on 15 distinctive national systems. It traces the making of EU social policy from formulation to implementation, highlighting the roles of labour unions and employers' associations.

Subject

• UE/CE Etats membres
• Application des lois
• UE/CE Droit
• Droit du travail
• Comités d'entreprise
• Politique sociale
• Comités d'entreprise européens
• European social policy
• economic and social cohesion
• social partners
• social audit
• historical account
• politique sociale européenne
• cohésion économique et sociale
• partenaire social
• bilan social
• historique
• Social policy
• European Union countries > Social policy
• European Economic Community countries > Social policy
• European Union countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.

Contents

Seven Assumptions Concerning Social Policy in the European Union -- EU Social Policy: Framework and Context -- EU Social Policy and Employment Policy at the End of the Twentieth Century -- The Member States As Participants in EU Social Policy -- The European Works Council Directive: Evolution and Content -- The Actors: Multilevel Governance in Action -- The Member States and the Transposition of Directives -- MNCs and EWCs: The Testing Ground for Policy -- EU Social Policy at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century.

ISBN

• 1555879772
• 9781555879778

LCCN

00062627

OCLC

• ocm44794900
• 44794900
• SCSB-8977758

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library