Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe

Lessons for the Twenty-first Century
Herausgeber: Berger, Stefan; Compston, Hugh

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 733g
• ISBN-13: 9781571817020
• ISBN-10: 1571817026
• Artikelnr.: 44841571

Autorenporträt

Stefan Berger is Professor of History at the University of Glamorgan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Strange Persistence of Policy Concertation
Hugh Compston
PART I: COUNTRY STUDIES
Chapter 1. Austria in Historical Perspective: From Civil War to Social
Partnership
Jill Lewis
Chapter 2. Austria in the 1990s: The Routine of Social Partnership in
Question?
Emmerich Tálos and Bernhard Kittel
Chapter 3. Britain in Historical Perspective: From War Concertation to the
Destruction of the Social Contract
Chris Williams
Chapter 4. Britain in the 1990s: The Absence of Policy Concertation
Peter Dorey
Chapter 5. Denmark in Historical Perspective: Towards Conflict-Based
Consensus
Carsten Strøby Jensen
Chapter 6. Denmark in the 1990s: Status Quo or a More Self-Confident State?
Mikkel Mailand
Chapter 7. France in Historical Perspective: The Impossibility of
Partnership
Susan Milner
Chapter 8. France in the 1990s: Struggling with the Weight of History
Nick Parsons
Chapter 9. Germany in Historical Perspective: The Gap Between Theory and
Practice
Stefan Berger
Chapter 10. Germany in the 1990s: The Impact of Reunification
Jeremy Leaman
Chapter 11. Ireland in Historical Perspective: The Legacies of Colonialism
- Edging Towards Policy Concertation
Emmet O'Connor
Chapter 12. Ireland in the 1990s: Policy Concertation Triumphant
Rory O'Donnell and Damian Thomas
Chapter 13. Italy in Historical Perspective: The Legacies of Fascism and
Anti-Fascism
Gino Bedani
Chapter 14. Italy in the 1990s: Policy Concertation Resurgent
Bruce Haddock
Chapter 15. The Netherlands in Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of
Dutch Policy Concertation
Anton Hemerijck
Chapter 16. The Netherlands in the 1990s: Towards 'Flexible Corporatism' in
the Polder Model
Hans Slomp
Chapter 17. Spain in Historical Perspective: Fascist Corporatism and Social
Pacts
Robert A. Robinson
Chapter 18. Spain in the 1990s: Strategic Concertation
Miguel Martínez Lucio
Chapter 19. Sweden in Historical Perspective: The Rise and Fall of the
Swedish Model
James Fulcher
Chapter 20. Sweden in the 1990s: The Demise of Policy Concertation and
Social Partnership and Its Sudden Reappearance in 1998
Victor A. Pestoff
PART II: COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 21. The Politics of Policy Concertation in the 1990s: The Role of
Ideas
Hugh Compston
Chapter 22. Social Partnership 1880-1989: The Deep Historical Roots of
Diverse Strategies
Stefan Berger
Chapter 23. Policy Concertation in Western Europe: A Configurational
Approach
Hugh Compston
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index