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"While an economy is always 'embedded' in society, the relationship between the two is undergoing profound changes in Europe, resulting in widespread instability which is emphasised by the current crisis. This book analyzes these changes, and in particular pressures of intensifying international competition, globalization and financialization within Europe.
Combining the perspectives of economic sociology, political economy and political science, the expert contributors offer an in-depth, multidisciplinary insight to the functioning of a number of institutional arenas around which European economies and societies are organized. Areas explored include the state and public policy at European national and regional level, the welfare state, industrial relations systems, education systems and the family.
This challenging and thought provoking book will be of great interest to a wide-ranging audience across a number of disciplines, including European studies, political science, comparative political economy, economic sociology, industrial relations and social policy."

"Questo articolo si basa su quattro argomentazioni. In primo luogo la contrattazione collettiva è in grado di mitigare gli effetti negativi generati dalla volatilità del mercato e dal processo di adattamento alle sue regole, attraverso la definizione di intese che garantiscono certezza sostanziale e procedurale sia ai lavoratori sia ai datori di lavoro, e una maggiore sicurezza ai lavoratori. In secondo luogo le intese contrattuali multi-employer sono più idonee a svolgere questa funzione rispetto a quelle single-employer. In terzo luogo vi sono differenze istituzionali fra le intese contrattuali multi-employer relative alla governance della contrattazione aziendale che influenzano in misura notevole la loro capacità di promuovere certezza e sicurezza del lavoro. In quarto luogo la pressione dovuta alla crisi sta accelerando l'adattamento al mercato della contrattazione collettiva multi-employer, con effetti potenzialmente dannosi sulla sua capacità di attenuare le spinte negative."

"The relevance of occupational welfare (OW) in the Netherlands has shown no stable increase or decrease over the decades since WWII, but rather several waves of importance, varying further between fields of welfare provision. These waves depend on the strong interaction between social partners and the state, as OW provision may be used to compensate for state welfare retrenchment, may result from tripartite policy agreements, and is often facilitated, regulated or even abolished by the state. This report describes the most important developments and debates in OW based on policy documents and research published by the government, social partners and scholars, as well as collective agreements and interviews. It examines in more detail the specific fields of occupational unemployment protection and occupational pension funds, the latter by far the most extensive form of OW in the Netherlands, the main debates surrounding them, and their effects on redistribution and inequality."