The common European flexicurity principles : how a fragile consensus was reached created by Mikkel Mailand

By:

Mailand, Mikkel [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: European journal of industrial relations ; Volume 16, number 3London: sage, 2010Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISSN:

09596801

Subject(s):

EU countries -- Flexicurity -- Labour market flexibility

LOC classification:

HD8371 EUR

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Abstract: This article analyses the decision-making process underlying the adoption of common EU flexicurity principles. Supporters of the initiative succeeded in convincing the sceptics one by one; the change of government in France and the last-minute support of the European social partner organizations were instrumental in this regard. However, the critics succeeded in weakening the initially strong focus on the transition from job security to employment security and the divisions between insiders and outsiders in the labour market. In contrast to some decision-making on the European Employment Strategy, coalitions seem to have played only a minor role in the flexicurity process, although some actors joined forces in their attempts to influence the outcome.

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This article analyses the decision-making process underlying the adoption of common EU flexicurity principles. Supporters of the initiative succeeded in convincing the sceptics one by one; the change of government in France and the last-minute support of the European social partner organizations were instrumental in this regard. However, the critics succeeded in weakening the initially strong focus on the transition from job security to employment security and the divisions between insiders and outsiders in the labour market. In contrast to some decision-making on the European Employment Strategy, coalitions seem to have played only a minor role in the flexicurity process, although some actors joined forces in their attempts to influence the outcome.

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