The common European flexicurity principles: How a fragile consensus was reached
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The common European flexicurity principles : How a fragile consensus was reached. / Mailand, Mikkel.
In: European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2010, p. 241-257.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The common European flexicurity principles
T2 - How a fragile consensus was reached
AU - Mailand, Mikkel
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This article analyses the decision-making process underlying the adoption of common EU flexicurity principles. Supporters of the initiative succeeded in convincing the sceptics one by one; the change of government in France and the last-minute support of the European social partner organizations were instrumental in this regard. However, the critics succeeded in weakening the initially strong focus on the transition from job security to employment security and the divisions between insiders and outsiders in the labour market. In contrast to some decision-making on the European Employment Strategy, coalitions seem to have played only a minor role in the flexicurity process, although some actors joined forces in their attempts to influence the outcome.
AB - This article analyses the decision-making process underlying the adoption of common EU flexicurity principles. Supporters of the initiative succeeded in convincing the sceptics one by one; the change of government in France and the last-minute support of the European social partner organizations were instrumental in this regard. However, the critics succeeded in weakening the initially strong focus on the transition from job security to employment security and the divisions between insiders and outsiders in the labour market. In contrast to some decision-making on the European Employment Strategy, coalitions seem to have played only a minor role in the flexicurity process, although some actors joined forces in their attempts to influence the outcome.
U2 - 10.1177/0959680110375134
DO - 10.1177/0959680110375134
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 241
EP - 257
JO - European Journal of Industrial Relations
JF - European Journal of Industrial Relations
SN - 0959-6801
IS - 3
ER -
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