1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458280703321

Titolo

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

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).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910752099503321

Autore

Deriu, Pasqualina

Titolo

Grazia Deledda : la scrittura dell'eccesso / Pasqualina Deriu

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

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910877489403321

Autore

Bunni Nael G

Titolo

The FIDIC forms of contract : the fourth edition of the Red Book, 1992, the 1996 Supplement, the 1999 Red Book, the 1999 Yellow Book, the 1999 Silver Book / / Nael G. Bunni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005

ISBN

9786610747818

9781118658659

1118658655

9781280747816

1280747811

9780470983959

0470983957

9780470759417

0470759410

9781405172394

1405172398

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (874 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BunniNael G

Disciplina

343/.07862

Soggetti

Engineering contracts

Standardized terms of contract



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: The FIDIC form of contract. 2nd ed. 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [787]-820) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 20.12 Concluding remarks; List of Figures; List of Tables; The Author; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Background and Concepts of the Red Book; Chapter 1 Background of the Red Book; 1.1 The ACE Form; 1.2 The First Edition of the Red Book; 1.3 The Second and Third Editions of the Red Book; 1.4 The Fourth Edition of the Red Book; 1.5 The 1996 Supplement to the Red Book; 1.6 Concepts of the Red Book; 1.7 The new suite of FIDIC contracts; Chapter 2 The Red Book is Based on a Domestic Contract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Diversity of legal systems

2.3 The applicable law in international construction2.4 The applicable law of the contract; 2.5 Law governing procedure; 2.6 Law governing enforcement of awards; 2.7 Grouping of the contemporary legal systems; 2.8 The Romano-Germanic group; 2.8.1 Sources of law in the Romano-Germanic group; 2.8.2 Legal authoritative writing; 2.8.3 Areas of the law affecting construction in the Romano-Germanic group; 2.9 The common law group; 2.9.1 Sources of law in the common law group; 2.9.2 Areas of the law affecting construction in the common law group; 2.10 The law in Islamic countries

2.10.1 Sources of Islamic law2.10.2 Contracts in general and construction and engineering contracts in particular under Islamic law; 2.10.3 Some salient principles in construction and engineering contracts; Chapter 3 Legal Concepts Based on the Common Law System; 3.1 The law applicable to the contract; 3.1.1 Clause 5; 3.1.2 Clause 26; 3.1.3 Clause 70; 3.2 Conflict; 3.3 Some speci.c concepts under the common law; 3.3.1 Substantive law and procedural law; 3.3.2 Legislation, common law and equity; 3.4 Tort; 3.5 Contract - general principles; 3.5.1 Prerequisites of a contract

3.5.2 Limitation periods3.6 Privity of contract; 3.7 Performance of a contract; 3.8 The contents of a contract; 3.9 Remedies for breach of contract; 3.10 Exclusion clauses; 3.11 The responsibility to complete; Chapter 4 Drafting Principles; Chapter 5 The Concept of a Trusted Independent Engineer; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 FIDIC's Statutes and By-Laws and the independent engineer; 5.1.2 FIDIC's Code of Ethics; 5.1.3 FIDIC's Quality-Based Selection, 'QBS'; 5.2 Other suppliers of consulting services; 5.3 Services provided by the consulting engineer; 5.3.1 Counselling services

5.3.2 Pre-investment studies5.3.3 Design, preparation of documents and supervision; 5.3.4 Specialised design and development services; 5.3.5 Project management; 5.3.6 Programme manager; 5.4 Independence; Chapter 6 A Traditional Re-measurement Contract; 6.1 Factors governing choice of contract; 6.2 The allocation of essential functions; 6.2.1 The allocation of the function relating to .nance; 6.2.2 The allocation of the functions of design and construction; 6.2.3 The allocation of risk, quality control and the method of pricing and payment; 6.3 Re-measurement contracts

6.3.1 The Red Book is a re-measure contract

Sommario/riassunto

In September 1999, FIDIC introduced its new Suite of Contracts, which included a "new" Red, Yellow, Silver and Green forms of contract. The



"new" Red Book was intended to replace the 1992 fourth edition of the Red Book, with the ambition that its use would cease with time. This ambition has not materialised and is unlikely to do so in the future. Despite the importance of the 1999 Forms, there has been very little published on the new concepts adopted in them and how they interact with the previous forms. This important work considers these aspects together with the many developments aff