| Description |
1 online resource (x, 308 pages). |
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Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; 2 |
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Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; 2.
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| Contents |
Cover; Renegotiating the Welfare State: Flexible Adjustment through Corporatist Concertation; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Renegotiating the welfare state through corporatist concertation: An introduction; Part II Countries with traditions of corporatist concertation; 2 The resurgence of Dutch corporatist policy coordination in an age of globalization; 3 The societal and historical embeddedness of Dutch corporatism; 4 Austrian social partnership: Just a midlife crisis? -- 5 Nordic corporatism and welfare state reforms: Denmark and Sweden compared6 Welfare state adjustment between consensual and adversarial politics: The institutional context of reform in Germany; 7 Renegotiating the Swiss welfare state; Part III Countries without historical corporatist traditions; 8 'Bargaining Celtic style': The global economy and negotiated governance in Ireland; 9 The negotiator as auctioneer: Wage centralization and wage flexibility: a comparison of corporatist and non-corporatist countries; Part IV European corporatism? -- 10 Renegotiating social and labour policies in the European multi-level system: Any role for corporatist patterns?11 The renaissance of national corporatism: Unintended side-effect of European economic and monetary union, or calculated response to the absence of European social policy?; Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book examines the experiences of various countries in reforming their welfare states through renegotiations between the state and peak associations of employers and employees. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Welfare state.
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Comparative government.
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Corporate state.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory.
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Comparative government. (OCoLC)fst00871341
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Corporate state. (OCoLC)fst00879720
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Welfare state. (OCoLC)fst01173685
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| Added Author |
Waarden, Frans van, 1950-
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Lehmbruch, Gerhard.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Renegotiating the welfare state. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 (DLC) 2002152036 |
| ISBN |
0203380355 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203380352 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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0203380355 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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0415223458 (Cloth) |
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