The New Politics of Unemployment

by Compston,Hugh; Compston,Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780415150552
• ISBN10: 0415150558
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The problem of mass unemployment in western Europe has persisted since the early 1980s.The New Politics of Unemploymentprovides a thorough comparative analysis of the present situation. A number of radical unemployment policies, from Germany, France, Italy, Britain, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the EU, are outlined. These are investigated with a view to identifying the conditions under which they might become standard components of national and EU strategies to bring down unemployment. This book is the first comparative study of the politics of policy innovation in the area of unemployment. It will be an important addition to the literature of European public policy.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The European Union	p. 6
References	p. 19
Germany	p. 21
References	p. 45
France	p. 47
Italy	p. 68
Britain	p. 87
Spain	p. 103
References	p. 121
Denmark	p. 123
Norway	p. 146
References	p. 167
Switzerland	p. 168
Comparisons and Conclusions	p. 188
Index	p. 215
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