| Wage Setting, Social Pacts and the Euro: A New Role for the State Contributor(s): Hassel, Anke (Author) |
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ISBN: 9053569197 ISBN-13: 9789053569191 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $74.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Politicians, economists, and social theorists tend to agree that globalization and neo-liberal economic policy have contributed to the decline of the social compacts underlying traditional European welfare states. Recently, however, social pacts have demonstrated an impressive resurgence, as governments across Europe facing necessary economic policy adjustments have chosen to view trade unions as vital negotiating partners rather than adversaries. "Wage Setting, Social Pacts, and the Euro" offers a theoretical understanding of the forces that have led to this new understanding, and of the challenges that increasing monetary integration will continue to pose. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.230 |
| Series: Changing Welfare States |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Globalization, financial liberalization and neo-liberal economic policy thinking have been seen as contributors to the demise of social partnership in Western Europe. Recent examples of the re-emergence of social pacts have challenged these assumptions. The book offers a theoretical understanding of the challenges that increasing monetary integration posed for existing modes of adjustment in the political economies of EU member states, and explains why many governments have chosen to negotiate with trade unions over economic adjustment. |