EU Social Policy in the 1990s : Towards a Corporatist Policy Community

ISBN-13: 9780415157773 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 254 str.

Gerda Falkner

Opis

This volume explores the background and development of social policy content and process in the European Union since the policy innovations of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty came into force. The study begins with 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. The study finds that the social policy-making environment in the EU has become increasingly corporatist in the 1990s. Gerda Falkner concludes by considering the lessons drawn from the EU's experience, both for integration theory and for the future of Europes social dimension.

Recenzje

'Gerda Falkner has convincingly synthesized approaches to European integration and to the study of interest groups and policy making. She also provides a succinct overview of the development of Community social policy - Michael J. Gorges, Journal of European Social Policy 10(2) 2000

Spis treści

Introductory Overview 1. Political Theory and EU Politics 2. Social Policy from Messina to Maastricht 3. Social Policy in the Maastricht Treaty 4. Policy-making under Social Protocol 5. The Evolution of Social Interest in Intermediation 6. Conclusions and Outlook

O autorze

Associate Professor at the Institute for Government and Political Science, University of Vienna.