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In Europe, work has long been a symbol of full citizenship and today
work is a fundamental goal of European social policy. However, although every
person has the ‘right’ to work, it is becoming clearer all the time that
unemployment is not due merely to a lack of encouragement to exercise this
right, but (at least in part) to some deeper defects in the implementation of
effective employment policies. As a contribution to defining the nature of
these problems this important collection of essays targets the phenomena of
multilevel governance, both vertical (European, national, regional, local) and
horizontal (administrative institutions, trade unions, business
representatives, NGOs), showing, with detailed analysis and data, how
coordination or conflict between the various levels advances, or fails to
advance, the goals of employment policy.
Regarding the EU, five EU Member States are examined– plus, for comparative
analysis, the parallel Canadian federal model – with the authors addressing
such concrete issues as:
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the impact of globalisation and Europeanisation on employment policies;
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distribution of tasks in the Open Method of Coordination (OMC);
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involvement of private and economic agents;
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the increasing significance of international political agents;
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flexicurity as an employment strategy;
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the difficulty of integrating the excluded;
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coordination with education and fiscal policies;
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social inclusion from the point of view of international human rights; and
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gender ‘mainstreaming’ as a weakening of the EU guarantee of gender equality.
The essays originated in a research meeting held at the Instituto
Internacional de Sociología Jurídica at Oñati (Spain) in June of 2007. Some of
the contributors, all employment law experts, discuss problematic aspects of
the European Employment Strategy (EES) and its influence on the
decentralization of employment policies and related elements of social
protection. Other authors concentrate on ‘built-in’ multilevel problems
resulting from existing constitutional and administrative structures, while a
third group focuses on substantive approaches to employment policies within
individual member states. The Bulletin contains updated versions of all papers.
In this book the degree of administrative, legal, political, and cultural
intricacy involved in a serious engagement with multilevel governance of
employment on the European model is put on full view. As a deeply informed
analysis of how the idea of multilevel governance has played out within the
political and administrative reality of Member States, the book will prove of
enormous value to labour and employment law professionals anywhere, as the
problems identified here have a global reach.
Features:
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In-depth analysis of administrative problems stemming from the European
Employment Strategy (EES)
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Highly informative ‘window’ on the current real-life effectiveness of European
employment policy
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Expert recommendations on new approaches available under national, EU, and
international law
Benefits:
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Gain understanding of exactly where difficulties tend to arise in the
implementation of employment policies in a “multilevel world”
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Learn strategies to help overcome barriers resulting from multi-level
allocation of authority
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Discover areas of potential innovation within existing rules and multilevel
governance structures
Acknowledgments. Notes on the Authors. Introduction.
Part I: The Framework Context of Europeanization of
National Employment and Social Inclusion Policies. 1. The Impact of
Globalization on Employment and Social Inclusion Policies: Experiences and
Proposals in Individual European Countries; J.M. Servais. 2.
Looking at the EES in Search of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of National
Employment Policies and Social Protection Systems; J.P. Landa Zapirain, E.
Terradillos Ormaetxea. 3. EES and European Social Inclusion Policy:
Employment as a Means of Social Inclusion in an International Human Rights
Perspective; A. Fernández, N. Pumar. 4. The OMC as
Decentralization of Regulations and Case Law: A Gender Mainstreaming
Perspective; J. López López.
Part II: Multilevel Governance Experiences on
Employment Policies in a Cross-National Perspective. 5. The Reform of the
Labour Market and of the Social Benefits for Unemployment in Germany; M.
Fuchs. 6. The Reform of the Public Employment Service in France:
Modernization and New Governance Issues; P. Auvergnon, P. Martin. 7.
Vocational Education Policies in the Process of Multilevel Governance: A
French Perspective; T. Berthet, P. Iriart. 8. Facts and Limits
of the Regionalization of Social and Employment Policies in Italy; G. Ricci.
9. Centralization and Decentralization within the Spanish Model of
Social Federalism: The Examples of Social Assistance and Employment Policies;
A. Baylos, J. Cabeza, M.J. Romero. 10. The Jobseeker’s Allowance: A
British Perspective on Job Activation; J. Carby-Hall. 11. Who
Governs Labour Market Policy in Canada? B. Langille.
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