EU labor market policy : ideas, thought communities, and policy change

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The work EU labor market policy : ideas, thought communities, and policy change represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

EU labor market policy : ideas, thought communities, and policy change

Title remainder

ideas, thought communities, and policy change

Statement of responsibility

Alexander Schellinger

Title variation

European Union labor market policy

Creator

• Schellinger, Alexander, 1985-
• Schellinger, Alexander, 1985-

Author

• Schellinger, Alexander, 1985-
• Schellinger, Alexander, 1985-

Subject

• Europe -- European Union countries
• Europe -- European Union countries
• Labor market -- European Union countries
• Labor policy -- European Union countries

Language

eng

Summary

The EU's 'social dimension' today is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers and the adaptability of labor market regimes. The book argues that this social-liberal approach is best explained with a set of ideas strategically advanced by 'thought communities' in the policy process. It traces the success of this new approach in the debates among academic experts and policy-makers in the mid-1990s, the decisions leading to the adoption of the Treaty of Amsterdam, and the establishment of the approach in the policy field between 1997-2007. The author explores the processes through which ideas came to matter in the policy process. At every stage, the claim that ideas played a predominant role is strengthened by addressing the most viable alternative explanations such as institutional constraints set by Economic and Monetary Union and the preferences of political leaders

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

331.12/042094

Index

index present

LC call number

HD8376.5

LC item number

.S345 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography