Unwrapping the European social model / Serrano Pascual, Amparo ; Jepsen, Maria

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458280703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol, : Policy Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-4473-0413-6; 1-281-15991-3; 9786611159917; 1-84742-161-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3094/09045
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; UNWRAPPING THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Introduction; ESM: a multi-level governance project; The Open Method of Coordination: governance without government?; Conclusions; ONE - The concept of the ESM and supranational legitimacy-building; Introduction; Main conceptions; Some key ideas driven by the concept of the ESM as a political project; Conclusion; TWO - Taking stock of social Europe: is there such a thing as a community social model?; Introduction; History of European economic integration, social themes, treaty reformsAnalysis; Conclusion; THREE - Employment and pay in Europe and the US: food for thought about flexibility and the European Social Model; Introduction; Growth and nature of the employment gap; The role of the ESM; Concluding observations; FOUR - Activation policies and the European Social Model; Introduction; Ending welfare as we know it; Outcomes of welfare reform in the US; From the right to aid to the right to work in Western Europe; Outcomes of workfare in Western Europe; The triumph of myth and ceremony; FIVE - Has the European Social Model a distinctive activation touch?Introduction; The notion of an ESM, between normative and analytical; When social protection is activated; Looking for an activation ESM as ; compared with the US model; Conclusion; SIX - The European Social Model and gender equality; The EU's regulation paradigm; The potentials and limitations of the EU's regulation paradigm; Closing the gaps?; Conclusion; SEVEN - The European Social Model and enlargement; Introduction; The historical acquis perspective: NMS' welfare states and their performance; The political project perspective: the social acquis and its impact on the NMSConclusions; EIGHT - Reforming the European Social Model and the politics of indicators: from the unemployment rate to the employment rate in the European Employment Strategy; Introduction; The 'anomalies' in the benchmarking of employment policies; The employment rate or the search for labour market flexibility; The instrumental drift of the EES; The European political process and the future of the ESM; NINE - Assessing the European Social Model against the capability approach; Introduction; The ESM and capability for workThe ESM and capability for voice; Conclusion; TEN - Social dialogue as a regulatory mode of the ESM: some empirical evidence from the new member states; Introduction; The ESM or Concerted Regulation Model; EES demands for social dialogue; Social dialogue in the new member states: the state of play; Concluding remarks; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents the outcome of a project coordinated by the European Trade Union Institute in which experts from different countries and social scientific disciplines (sociology, political science and economics) were invited to reflect on both the meaning and political status of the concept of the European Social Model (ESM).

Grazia Deledda : la scrittura dell'eccesso / Pasqualina Deriu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910752099503321
• Autore: Deriu, Pasqualina
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Milano], : UNICOPLI, 2021
• ISBN: 978-88-400-2199-7
• Descrizione fisica: 95 p. ; 21 cm
• Collana: Testi e studi ; 311
• Disciplina: 853.912
• Locazione: FSPBC
• Collocazione: COLLEZ. 1599 (311)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia