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Author:   Henk Overbeek
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9780415268721

ISBN 10:   0415268729
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   12 June 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Transnational political economy and the politics of European (un)employment, Henk Overbeek; Part 1 The changing political economy of employment; Chapter 2 Globalization, neo-liberalism and the employment question, Henk Overbeek; Chapter 3 Changes in welfare regimes and the search for flexibility and employability, Bob Jessop; Chapter 4 European employment policy between neo-liberal rationalism and communitarianism, Hans-Jürgen Bieling; Part 2 Europeanizing employment policy; Chapter 5 The emergence of European employment policy as a transnational political arena, Stefan Tidow; Chapter 6 Economic and Monetary Union, employment and gender politics, Brigitte Young; Chapter 7 European unemployment and transnational capitalist class strategy, Bastiaan van Apeldoorn; Part 3 The articulation of global and EU tendencies with national dynamics; Chapter 8 From Thatcherism to New Labour, Bob Jessop; Chapter 9 Competitive corporatism?, Uwe Becker; Chapter 10 The political economy of labour-market restructuring and trade union responses in the social-democratic heartland, Magnus Ryner, Thorsten Schulten; Chapter 11 Mediterranean labour and the impact of Economic and Monetary Union, Leila Simona Talani, Emma Cerviño; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 12 Conflicting views on how to address (un)employment in Europe, Henk Overbeek;

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"""This collection focuses on European integration and the transnationalization of the (un)employment question. Also examined are the issues of the transformation of the global economy over the past decades and the theoretical debats surrounding European economic and monetary union.."" -Business Horizons"

This collection focuses on European integration and the transnationalization of the (un)employment question. Also examined are the issues of the transformation of the global economy over the past decades and the theoretical debats surrounding European economic and monetary union.. <br>-Business Horizons <br>

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Henk Overbeek is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands, and Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, also in the Netherlands.

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