LEADER 04088nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910828080203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-57589-8 010 $a1-283-85117-2 010 $a1-136-57590-1 010 $a0-203-15370-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203153703 035 $a(CKB)2550000000096011 035 $a(EBL)958390 035 $a(OCoLC)798531253 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11447444 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10609289 035 $a(PQKB)10703684 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958390 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542356 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416367 035 $a(OCoLC)784953190 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137727 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000096011 100 $a20110531d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial failures of EU enlargement $ea case of workers voting with their feet /$fGuglielmo Meardi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in employment relations ;$v25 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-20301-7 311 $a0-415-80679-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-219) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $a"Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim? Based on fifteen years of fieldwork research across Central and Eastern Europe and on migrants in the UK and Germany, this book provides a less glittering answer. The EU has betrayed hopes of social cohesion: social regulations have been forgotten, multinationals use threats of relocations, and workers, left without institutional channels to voice their concerns, have reacted by leaving their countries en masse. Yet migration, for many, increases social vulnerability. Drawing on Hirschman's concepts of Exit and Voice, the book traces the origins of such failures in the management of EU enlargement as a pure economic and market-creating exercise, neglecting the inherently political nature of labour relations. The reinforcement of market mechanisms without political counterbalances has resulted in an increase in opportunistic exit behaviour by both employers and employees, and thereby in a worsening quality of democracy, at workplace, national and European levels. As a result of this process, the EU has become more similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement between USA, Canada and Mexico, where social rights are marginalized and economic integration does not translate into better development. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge research in employment relations ;$v25. 606 $aSocial rights$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEurope$xEconomic integration 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xEconomic conditions 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial rights 676 $a337.1/42 676 $a337.142 686 $aBUS038000$aBUS079000$aBUS000000$2bisacsh 700 $aMeardi$b Guglielmo$0563562 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828080203321 996 $aSocial failures of EU enlargement$94059701 997 $aUNINA