Hyman, Richard (2005) Trade unions and the politics of the European social model. Economic and industrial democracy, 26 (1). pp. 9-40. ISSN 1461-7099
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Abstract
There is a consensus among European trade unions that economic integration should be complemented by a strong ‘social dimension’. What is far less clearly agreed is what ‘Social Europe’ means, and how it should be defended against the challenges inherent in a neoliberal approach to economic integration, the dominant logic of ‘competitiveness’, and the pressures for ‘modernization’ of social welfare. Unions’ ability to resist these challenges is weakened by their integration into an elitist system of EU governance in which mobilization and contention are inhibited. The article concludes that a new mode of trade union action is required if the ‘social model’ is to be sustained.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105522 |
| Additional Information: | © 2005 SAGE Publications |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | European integration, trade unions, social dimension, competitiveness, elitism |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Employment Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group Departments > Management |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/753/ |
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