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Author Falkner, Gerda

Title EU social policy in the 1990s : towards a corporatist policy community / Gerda Falkner
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge research in European public policy ; 6
Routledge research in European public policy ; 6.
Contents 1. Political theory and EU politics -- 2. Social policy from Messina to Maastricht -- 3. Social policy in the Maastricht Treaty -- 4. Policy-making under the social protocol -- 5. The evolution of social interest intermediation -- 6. Conclusions and the future
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 1990s. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-252) and index
Notes English
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Subject Social history.
Social Conditions
social history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Social history
Social policy
SUBJECT European Union countries -- Social policy
European Economic Community countries -- Social policy
Subject European Union countries
Form Electronic book
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