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The State in European Employment Regulation

Koch, Max LU (2008) In Revue Dintegration Europeenne 30(2). p.255-272
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to examine the changing role of the state in employment regulation in an environment that has become more market-driven and Europeanised since the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the European Employment Strategy (EES). The point of departure is a general discussion of the role of the state in capitalist development and a review on the recent debate on the spatiality of state regulation. It further suggests different ways in which the state shapes employment relations along the following dimensions: as employer, as legislator, as guarantor of employment rights and procedural regulator, in intermediating neo-corporatist processes, in macro-economic management, and as a welfare state. From this... (More)
The aim of the paper is to examine the changing role of the state in employment regulation in an environment that has become more market-driven and Europeanised since the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the European Employment Strategy (EES). The point of departure is a general discussion of the role of the state in capitalist development and a review on the recent debate on the spatiality of state regulation. It further suggests different ways in which the state shapes employment relations along the following dimensions: as employer, as legislator, as guarantor of employment rights and procedural regulator, in intermediating neo-corporatist processes, in macro-economic management, and as a welfare state. From this theoretical basis, the paper identifies changes in state strategies within employment regulation by comparing two periods of European integration: the post-war period and the ongoing period after the introduction of the EMU and the EES. In conclusion, the paper asserts that there has been a transition in the ways the state ‘intervenes’ in the economy and shapes the different dimensions of employment relations from a governing and legislating towards a steering and advising mode. (Less)
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Employment, European Employment Strategy, European Monetary Union, State Theory, Socio-Economic Regulation, State
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Revue Dintegration Europeenne
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30
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2
pages
255 - 272
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Routledge
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0703-6337
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English
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  issn         = {{0703-6337}},
  keywords     = {{Employment; European Employment Strategy; European Monetary Union; State Theory; Socio-Economic Regulation; State}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{255--272}},
  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  series       = {{Revue Dintegration Europeenne}},
  title        = {{The State in European Employment Regulation}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2710478/1270131.pdf}},
  volume       = {{30}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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