Formulating European work and employment regulation during the pre-crisis years
Coalition building and institutional inertia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12255653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mikkel Mailand (0000-0002-0591-0383, University of Copenhagen), Jens Arnholtz (0000-0002-8404-7716, University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 194-209 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9287 • E-ISSN: 1461-7269 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0958928715573482 |
| OpenAlex | W2096367510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article discusses whether the pre-crisis political right-turn in the European Union (EU) has had an impact on the development of European work and employment regulation. It finds that although pro-regulation actors have been weakened in the year leading up to the crisis, the expected weakening of Social Europe is only seen in a minority of the eight cases of EU-level work and employment regulation analysed. It is argued that two mechanisms can help explain this weaker than expected impact: successful resistance from pro-regulation actors and a certain form of organizational inertia linked to the actor’s search for legitimacy, especially the Commission’s need for a stronger social profile in order to be reappointed. Moreover, it is argued that stable coalitions have only played a role in some of the cases. The coalitions in action seem less stable and active than previous studies indicate
Action (physics · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European commission · European union · Legitimacy · Member states · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social partners · Work (physics · European Union Policy and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.82 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |