Europeanization of social partnership in smaller European Democracies?
Falkner, Gerda ; Leiber, Simone
European Journal of Industrial Relations
2004
10
3
November
245-266
corporatism ; EU Directive ; implementation ; labour contract ; parental leave ; part time employment ; pregnant women ; social partners ; trade union attitude ; trade union role ; working time ; young worker
Austria ; Denmark ; Luxembourg ; Sweden
Labour relations
English
Bibliogr.
"This article examines the impact of Europeanization on cooperation between major interest groups and the state in national policymaking. Its theoretical innovation centres on two issues: (1) a classification of cooperation by management, labour, and the state in public policy-making and (2) a differentiation of levels of Europeanization in the Member States. The empirical material highlights the implementation of six EU Directives in four smaller states: Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Sweden. A moderate trend towards convergence is discovered, caused mainly by forced adaptation of the most extreme model of corporatism."
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