04046oam 2200697I 450 991082808020332120240516201040.01-136-57589-81-283-85117-21-136-57590-10-203-15370-710.4324/9780203153703 (CKB)2550000000096011(EBL)958390(OCoLC)798531253(SSID)ssj0000679160(PQKBManifestationID)11447444(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679160(PQKBWorkID)10609289(PQKB)10703684(MiAaPQ)EBC958390(Au-PeEL)EBL958390(CaPaEBR)ebr10542356(CaONFJC)MIL416367(OCoLC)784953190(FINmELB)ELB137727(EXLCZ)99255000000009601120180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial failures of EU enlargement a case of workers voting with their feet /Guglielmo Meardi1st ed.New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (249 p.)Routledge research in employment relations ;25Description based upon print version of record.1-138-20301-7 0-415-80679-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-219) and index.Cover; Social failures of EU enlargement : a case of workers voting with their feet; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. Betrayal; 1. The 'Hard Acquis' and Its Avoidance; 2 The 'Soft Acquis' and Social Dialog As Talk Show; 3 The Hoped Transfer through Foreign Investment; PART II. Exit; 4. Migration; 5 Political Absenteeism and Populism; 6 Organizational Exit and Misbehavior; PART III. Voice?; 7. The Possibilities of Trade Union Revitalization; 8 Cross-Border Experiments; 9 Other Voices; Conclusion; Annex; Notes; Bibliography; Index"Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim? Based on fifteen years of fieldwork research across Central and Eastern Europe and on migrants in the UK and Germany, this book provides a less glittering answer. The EU has betrayed hopes of social cohesion: social regulations have been forgotten, multinationals use threats of relocations, and workers, left without institutional channels to voice their concerns, have reacted by leaving their countries en masse. Yet migration, for many, increases social vulnerability. Drawing on Hirschman's concepts of Exit and Voice, the book traces the origins of such failures in the management of EU enlargement as a pure economic and market-creating exercise, neglecting the inherently political nature of labour relations. The reinforcement of market mechanisms without political counterbalances has resulted in an increase in opportunistic exit behaviour by both employers and employees, and thereby in a worsening quality of democracy, at workplace, national and European levels. As a result of this process, the EU has become more similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico, where social rights are marginalized and economic integration does not translate into better development. "--Provided by publisher.Routledge research in employment relations ;25.Social rightsEuropean Union countriesEuropeEconomic integrationEuropean Union countriesEconomic conditionsEuropean Union countriesSocial conditionsSocial rights337.1/42337.142BUS038000BUS079000BUS000000bisacshMeardi Guglielmo.563562MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828080203321Social failures of EU enlargement4059701UNINA