Preface / Odile Quintin -- 1. Introduction : Europe and the politics of capabilities / Robert Salais and Robert Villeneuve -- 2. Europe tested through its products : the Renault-Vilvoorde affair and its implication for industry and employment policies / Claude Didry -- 3. Competences-oriented logics and the politics of unemployability / Benedicte Zimmermann -- 4. Regional capabilities and the European employment strategy / Martin Heidenreich -- 5. The territorial pacts in Italy : the competitive corporatism assumption in question / Serafino Negrelli -- 6. Mobilising local capabilities for a European economic project : the case of Marseilles / Pierre-Paul Zalio
Summary
"This book demonstrates how an employment-oriented social policy in Europe can develop from a new, different set of policy principles, specifically 'a capability approach'. Taking inspiration from the work of Amartya Sen, this book focuses on the effective freedom people need to achieve their goals in life and work. The result of ongoing collaboration between researchers and social actors, it will appeal to social scientists, students, policy makers and all those concerned with the building of Europe."--Jacket
