ISBN:
0203848659
,
9781136949876
,
9781282898646
,
9780203848654
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 224 p.)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge research in comparative politics 36
Parallel Title:
Print version Parties, Elections, and Policy Reforms in Western Europe : Voting for Social Pacts
DDC:
306.2094
Keywords:
Elections
;
Political parties
;
Consensus (Social sciences)
;
Europe, Western Politics and government 1989-
Abstract:
This book provides a comparative assessment of social pacts between governments, labor unions and employer organizations in Western Europe. Using a dataset covering 16 European countries, as well as eight in-depth country case studies, the authors argue that governments' choice of social pacts or legislation is less influenced by economic problems, but is strongly influenced by electoral competition
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The puzzle of social pacts; 2 The institutional political economy of social pacts: A critical appraisal; 3 The political logic of social pacts; 4 Governments, voters, and social pacts in Western Europe; 5 The divergent trajectories of social pacts in the Liberal Market Economies: Ireland and the UK; 6 Social democracy between pacts and legislation in Scandinavia: Sweden and Finland; 7 Cycles of social pacts in the Mediterranean economies: Spain and Italy
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Tripartism under duress in coordinated market economies: Germany and Austria9 Conclusion: The electoral politics of social pacts; Appendix 1: Data Sources; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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