Industrial restructuring and EU-wide social measures

Broader lessons of the ECSC experience

Bibliographic Data

ID6290937
AuthorsAnthony Ferner (0000-0003-4900-8065), Ewart Keep (0000-0001-5687-7993), Jeremy Waddington
Year1997
Volume4
Issue1
Pages56-72
Publication date1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/135017697344235
OpenAlexW2163629840
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

This article examines the lessons from the experience of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) with regard to debates about managing the social consequences of industrial restructuring within the European Union (EU). In particular it looks at the implications for moves from sectoral to regional forms of intervention, and from short-term social palliatives to a long-term proactive approach. It suggests that these developments may produce new tensions and in some ways hamper attempts to address the social consequences of restructuring. It is pointed out that the need to address sectoral considerations continues implicitly to inform EU policy-making, not least - as the ECSC case illustrates - as a consequence of the social and political symbolism of sectoral readjustment. Keywords: CoalEuropean Coal And Steel CommunityEu Industrial PolicyEu Social PolicySteel

Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European union · Intervention (counseling · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Medicine · Regional Development and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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