Policy concertation, Europeanization and new political cleavages : the case of Switzerland created by Alexandre Afonso

By:

Afonso, Alexandre [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: European journal of industrial relations ; Volume 16, number 1London: Sage, 2010Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISSN:

09596801

Subject(s):

Switzerland -- EU countries -- Economic -- Switzerland, EU countries

LOC classification:

HD8371 EUR

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Abstract: This article investigates the impact of Europeanization on corporatist policy concertation by emphasizing the mediation of political cleavages.The analysis shows that in Switzerland, Europeanization has tended to strengthen policy concertation on labour market issues related to the EU, whereas this type of policy-making has weakened over strictly domestic social and economic issues. European integration creates divisions within the political right, prompting employers to collaborate with trade unions in order to gather sufficient political support. By contrast, the right is more united over domestic issues, and employers do not need to cooperate with trade unions.

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Journal Article	Main Library - Special Collections	HD8371 EUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Vol. 16, no. 1 (pages 57-72)	SP3841	Not for loan	For in house use

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This article investigates the impact of Europeanization on corporatist policy concertation by emphasizing the mediation of political cleavages.The analysis shows that in Switzerland, Europeanization has tended to strengthen policy concertation on labour market issues related to the EU, whereas this type of policy-making has weakened over strictly domestic social and economic issues. European integration creates divisions within the political right, prompting employers to collaborate with trade unions in order to gather sufficient political support. By contrast, the right is more united over domestic issues, and employers do not need to cooperate with trade unions.

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