The Proposal for a European Directive on Parental Leave
Some Reasons Why It Failed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7960379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Françoise Rutherford (European Liaison Unit, Lothian Regional Council, Scotland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 301-310 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557389782454730 |
| OpenAlex | W2018767213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The proposal for a directive on parental leave emerged in 1982 as a controversial means of putting child care firmly on the agenda of the European Community. Ina period of worsening economic crisis, other equality law proposals were delayed or watered down. This article reviews the rhetoric behind the parental leave proposal and the institutional and political hurdles encountered. It concludes by emphasising the influence of domestic factors. In particular, the sensitive state of labour relations in Belgium and The Netherlands and the centralised nature of decision-making in the United Kingdom assisted a loss of momentum which led to the isolated UK veto at the Council of Ministers in 1985
Directive · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Member state · Member states · Parental leave · Pledge · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · State (computer science · Veto · Work (physics · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 2006 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |