Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe: Lessons for the Twenty-first Century

Published by Berghahn Books 2002

Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe

Lessons for the Twenty-first Century

Edited by: Stefan Berger and Hugh Compston

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782389842

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About this book

Policy concertation - the determination of public policy by means of agreements struck between governments, employers and trade unions - continues to thrive in Western Europe despite the impact of liberalizing trends that were expected to lead to its demise.

This volume brings together a team of 23 experts with the aim to undertake paired historical and political studies of policy concertation in ten West European countries, which were then subjected to systematic comparative analysis. It shows that overall the incidence of broad policy concertation in Western Europe can be explained by the changing configurations of just three variables.

Author / Editor information

Stefan Berger is Professor of History at the University of Glamorgan.

Hugh Compston is Lecturer in European Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University.

Stefan Berger is Professor of History at the University of Glamorgan.

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"The scope of the book is impressive." · Church and State in Contemporary Europe

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
LIST OF TABLES Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
LIST OF FIGURES Publicly Available Download PDF	x
LIST OF APPENDICES Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
INTRODUCTION THE STRANGE PERSISTENCE OF POLICY CONCERTATION Hugh Compston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I COUNTRY STUDIES
CHAPTER 1 AUSTRIA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FROM CIVIL WAR TO SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP Jill Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
CHAPTER 2 AUSTRIA IN THE 1990S: THE ROUTINE OF SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP IN QUESTION? Emmerich Tálos and Bernhard Kittel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
CHAPTER 3 BRITAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FROM WAR CONCERTATION TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT Chris Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER 4 BRITAIN IN THE 1990S: THE ABSENCE OF POLICY CONCERTATION Peter Dorey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
CHAPTER 5 DENMARK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: TOWARDS CONFLICT-BASED CONSENSUS Carsten Strøby Jensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
CHAPTER 6 DENMARK IN THE 1990S: STATUS QUO OR A MORE SELF-CONFIDENT STATE? Mikkel Mailand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
CHAPTER 7 FRANCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF PARTNERSHIP Susan Milner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
CHAPTER 8 FRANCE IN THE 1990S: STRUGGLING WITH THE WEIGHT OF HISTORY Nick Parsons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER 9 GERMANY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE Stefan Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
CHAPTER 10 GERMANY IN THE 1990S: THE IMPACT OF REUNIFICATION Jeremy Leaman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
CHAPTER 11 IRELAND IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM – EDGING TOWARDS POLICY CONCERTATION Emmet O’Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
CHAPTER 12 IRELAND IN THE 1990S: POLICY CONCERTATION TRIUMPHANT Rory O’Donnell and Damian Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
CHAPTER 13 ITALY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE LEGACIES OF FASCISM AND ANTI-FASCISM Gino Bedani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
CHAPTER 14 ITALY IN THE 1990S: POLICY CONCERTATION RESURGENT Bruce Haddock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
CHAPTER 15 THE NETHERLANDS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE RISE AND FALL OF DUTCH POLICY CONCERTATION Anton Hemerijck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
CHAPTER 16 THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 1990S: TOWARDS ‘FLEXIBLE CORPORATISM’ IN THE POLDER MODEL Hans Slomp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
CHAPTER 17 SPAIN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: FASCIST CORPORATISM AND SOCIAL PACTS Robert A. Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
CHAPTER 18 SPAIN IN THE 1990S: STRATEGIC CONCERTATION Miguel Martínez Lucio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
CHAPTER 19 SWEDEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SWEDISH MODEL James Fulcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
CHAPTER 20 SWEDEN DURING THE 1990S: THE DEMISE OF CONCERTATION AND SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP AND ITS SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE IN 1998 Victor A. Pestoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
PART II COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 21 THE POLITICS OF POLICY CONCERTATION IN THE 1990S: THE ROLE OF IDEAS Hugh Compston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
CHAPTER 22 SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP 1880–1989: THE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS OF DIVERSE STRATEGIES Stefan Berger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
CHAPTER 23 POLICY CONCERTATION IN WESTERN EUROPE: A CONFIGURATIONAL APPROACH Hugh Compston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present

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Published: February 1, 2002
ISBN: 9781782389842