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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819250803321

Autore

Vliet Olaf Peter van

Titolo

Convergence and Europeanisation [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of social and labour market policies / / door Olaf Peter van Vliet geboren te Den Haag in 1983

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Leiden University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-23208-1

9786613232083

94-006-0063-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

MI ; ; 194

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Labor policy - European Union countries

Manpower policy - European Union countries

Welfare state - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

On cover: E.M. Meijers Instituut.

"Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 29 juni 2011 klokke 10.00 uur."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Convergence and Europeanisation The Political Economy of Social and Labour Market Policies; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Patterns of Welfare State Indicators in the EU Is There Convergence?; 3 European Social Model: No Convergence from the East; 4 Divergence within Convergence Europeanisation of Social and Labour Market Policies; 5 Europeanisation and the Political Economy of Active Labour Market Policies; 6 Private Social Security and International Economic Integration; 7 Conclusion: Main findings, implications and outlook

Samenvatting Bibliography; Index; Curriculum Vitae

Sommario/riassunto

Social convergence has been an objective since the Treaty of Rome in 1957, but it was only in 1997 and 2000 that social and labour market policies were formulated at the European Union level. To what extent have national social and labour market policies in EU member states



converged over time? What is the influence of EU policy initiatives and European economic integration on national welfare state reforms? Moreover, what factors can explain differences in the extent to which member states have changed their policies accordingly? Based on quantitative analyses of welfare state changes since