Towards convergence in Europe : : institutions, labour and industrial relations /

Towards convergence in Europe : : institutions, labour and industrial relations / / edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead.

The main original aim of the European Union was to promote convergence towards higher economic growth and social standards. However, EU countries have sometimes experienced different trajectories, due in part to their different starting points and the fact that their convergence on particular socio-...

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Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
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Vaughan-Whitehead, Daniel,
Edward Elgar Publishing,
Place / Publishing House:Northampton, MA : : Edward Elgar Pub.,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (502 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez
  • 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina
  • 3. Belgium: is strong social concertation a driver of upward social convergence? / Ive Marx
  • 4. Is France converging or not?: the role of industrial relations / Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel
  • 5. Does the German social model support the convergence of living conditions in the EU? / Gerhard Bosch
  • 6. Ireland after the Great Recession: convergence or divergence? / Philip J. O'Connell
  • 7. Italy: how could industrial relations help a return to economic and social convergence? / Annamaria Simonazzi, Valerio Ciampa and Luca Villamaina
  • Case study - Italy and Slovenia: two paths to labour market flexibility and social dialogue / Branko Bembič and Annamaria Simonazzi
  • 8. The Netherlands: from convergence to divergence in Europe?: social dialogue and industrial relations in the face of household labour supply / Wiemer Salverda
  • 9. Social convergence, development failures and industrial relations: the case of Portugal / Pilar González and António Figueiredo
  • 10. Slovenia: social dialogue and social convergence between coordinated and dependent capitalism / Branko Bembič
  • 11. Economic and social convergence in Spain: the elusive goal of catching up with the EU / Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo
  • 12. Convergence towards better working and living conditions: the crucial role of industrial relations in Sweden / Dominique Anxo
  • 13. The United Kingdom's record on economic and social convergence with europe: a pre-Brexit appraisal / Damian Grimshaw
  • Index.

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