Europe Reforms Labour Markets : : – Leaders‘ Perspectives – / / Aart De Geus, Christiane Weidenfeld, Eric Thode.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Geus, Aart De,; Thode, Eric,; Weidenfeld, Christiane,
• TeilnehmendeR: Martin, John.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 388 p.)

Focusing on the perspectives of policy-makers, the book's purpose is to closely examine the factors that make for successful/unsuccessful labor market related policy reforms. The aim is to reveal the political aspects, namely the chances, challenges and impediments to designing labor market reforms and to establish the conditions under which successful labor market reforms can be advocated, adopted and implemented (process). The work includes exclusive interviews with twelve former European prime ministers about the labour market reforms they initiated in their respective countries: Wolfgang Schüssel Anders Fogh Rasmussen Andrus Ansip François Fillon Gerhard Schröder Georgios Papandreou Mario Monti Jan Peter Balkenende Jerzy Buzek Iveta Radicová Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Tony Blair

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1. Aim of this book: providing success factors for labour market, benefit and pension reforms -- 2. A brief recap of welfare state history -- 3. Worlds of welfare capitalism: a framework for assessing the need for reforms and their successful implementation -- 4. The LISC approach: legitimacy, implementation, stakeholders and communication -- 5. Structure of the book -- Chapter 2. Interviews with 12 heads of government -- 1. Austria -- 2. Denmark -- 3. Estonia -- 4. France -- 5. Germany -- 6. Greece -- 7. Italy -- 8. The Netherlands -- 9. Poland -- 10. Slovakia -- 11. Spain -- 12. United Kingdom -- Chapter 3. Conclusion -- 1. Legitimacy through domestic climate, external pressures and sound evidence -- 2. Factors for successful implementation -- 3. Consultation and compensation – important issues in stakeholder management -- 4. Crucial communication in various arenas -- Chapter 4. Epilogue – Learn from the past to be prepared for the future -- 1. New challenges prompting the next wave of reforms -- 2. Crucial areas for future reform -- 3. Resulting challenges along the process dimension -- Bibliography -- Index