1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464478503321

Autore

Warleigh Alex

Titolo

Flexible integration : which model for the European Union? / / Alex Warleigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-4742-1246-8

0-567-41905-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Collana

Contemporary European studies ; ; 15

Disciplina

341.242/2

Soggetti

Autonomy

Electronic books.

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This title is published in conjunction with UACES ..."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-119) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Understanding Flexible Integration in the European Union -- 2. Theorizing Flexibility--The Return of Functionalism? -- 3. "Closer Cooperation"--Flexibility from Amsterdam to Nice -- 4. Problems of Flexibility -- 5. Making Flexibility Work.

Sommario/riassunto

"Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration. This shift towards flexibility has major implications. The EU will have to cope with more complexity and less transparency. It also affects the way in which European integration is viewed since it makes a state-like outcome to the process far less likely. Alex Warleigh looks at why flexibility has become such an important feature of the EU. He examines its history, and puts forward a typology to explain the models by which it is understood. He goes on to explore the hazards of flexibility and to look at what it has to offer, arguing that it is best seen as a desirable part of the integration process rather than as a problem. Flexibility, he argues is an important mechanism for the realization of the EU's slogan "unity in diversity"."--Bloomsbury Publishing.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812339603321

Autore

Van Horn Carl E.

Titolo

Working scared (or not at all) : the lost decade, great recession, and restoring the shattered American dream / / Carl E. Van Horn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-3801-1

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

331.12/0420973

Soggetti

Unemployment - United States

Labor market - United States

Recessions - United States

United States Economic conditions 2009-

United States Economic policy 2009-

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Working Scared in America and the Great Recession; Chapter 02. Is the American Worker Disposable?; Chapter 03. New American Workplace Realities; Chapter 04. Misery and Bleak Expectations for Older Unemployed Workers; Chapter 05. Unfulfilled Expectations for Recent College and High School Graduates; Chapter 06. Unfinished Business: Recovering from the Great Recession; Chapter 07. Restoring the Shattered Dreams of American Workers; Afterword; Appendix; Significant Works; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>Working Scared will help citizens, policy makers, educators, business, union, and community leaders better understand what is happening to the United States workforce. It also describes the essential national priorities and policies that will assist in restoring the American dream of secure employment and intergenerational progress.</span></span>