Social concertation in times of austerity : European integration and the politics of labour market reforms in Austria and Switzerland

Author(s)

    • Afonso, Alexandre

Bibliographic Information

Social concertation in times of austerity : European integration and the politics of labour market reforms in Austria and Switzerland

Alexandre Afonso

(Changing welfare states)

Amsterdam University Press, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-251) and index

"NUR 759"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in this new context with a focus on the regulation of labour mobility and unemployment protection in Austria and Switzerland. It shows that the involvement of organised interests in policymaking is a strategy of compromise-building used by governments when they are faced with party-political divisions, or when unpopular reforms are likely to have risky electoral consequences.

Table of Contents

Social concertation in times of austerity - 2 Table of Contents - 6 List of Tables and Figures - 8 List of Abbreviations - 10 Acknowledgements - 14 1 The Strange Survival of Social Concertation in Times of Austerity - 16 2 Social Concertation as a Political Strategy - 26 3 European Integration, Domestic Politicsnd Social Concertation - 54 4 Methods and Cases - 76 5 The Context of Social Concertation in Switzerland and Austria - 92 6 Social Concertation and Cross-Border Labour Mobility - 112 7 Social Concertation and Unemployment Policy Reforms - 156 8 Synthesis and Comparative Outlook - 196 List of Interviews - 216 Notes - 218 References - 224 Index - 254

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Details

  • NCID
    BB1440096X
  • ISBN
    • 9789089643957
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    258 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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