Author: Ioannis Vasileiou Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781795327664 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 72
Book Description
For many years, unemployment has been one of the thorniest problems plaguing the European Union. Since the beginning of the global economic and financial crisis, the Union has been continuously experiencing high employment rates, coupled with low investment levels. The unemployment issue with its various significant implications and the numerous areas directly linked to it, such as economic growth, globalization, regional disparities, taxation, education, crime, labor market reforms, industrial restructuring, immigration, social welfare policies and the role of domestic political institutions, concern every thinking citizen of the Union and especially young people. The book's target is twofold. On the one hand we attempt to present in a simplified manner the entire range of the Union's activities in the context of employment and social affairs and, on the other hand, to demonstrate that solutions towards a more optimistic tomorrow indeed exist as long as, of course, specific conditions apply. This book was published in Greek by Historical Quest in 2017. It was translated into English by the author himself in 2019.
Author: Duncan Gallie Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191533955 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 306
Book Description
This book breaks new ground by bringing together recent research into the determinants of marginalization risks for the unemployed and research into new social policies for combating marginalization. It examines the major controversies about how far entrapment in unemployment is due to resource constraints, motivational problems, or skill deficiency. It examines the forms that new policies have taken, the way they vary between EU countries, and the effects they have had on the life experiences of the unemployed. Its central concern is how far the new policies developed in the 1990s, in particular the spread of activation and welfare-to-work policies, address the major sources of vulnerability of the unemployed. The chapters draw on the results of a number of major comparative research programmes funded by the European Commission. These provide for the first time rigorous comparative data across a range of different countries. They bring together the insights of researchers from different disciplines: economists, jurists, social-psychologists, and social policy analysts. The book shows that while the new policy initiatives helped to mitigate the severity of the experience of unemployment, they were far from providing an adequate response to the underlying factors that put people at risk of marginalization. These were primarily due to skill deficiencies that were rooted in disadvantages that people experienced when they were young and in the persisting inequalities in training opportunities during people's work careers. The case is made for a major new policy initiative to improve the quality of working life of the low-skilled and their opportunities for skill development.
Author: Marco Giugni Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317019830 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 237
Book Description
This book offers a state-of-the-art discussion of the political issues surrounding unemployment in Europe. Its unique combination offers both a policy and institutional perspective, whilst studying the viewpoint of individual civil society members engaging in collective action on the issue of joblessness. It is the result of Marco Giugni’s three year cross-national comparative research project, financed by the European Commission, united with hand picked contributions from invited experts. Throughout his study he focuses on how the EU approaches national unemployment, the main national differences in talk about unemployment and unemployment policy, and how the representatives of the unemployed produce and coordinate demands in relation to unemployment policy. This book contains a number of genuinely cross-national chapters along with sections on specific national cases, namely the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Sweden.
Author: Bertelsmann Stiftung Publisher: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung ISBN: 3867936013 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 175
Book Description
The recent euro crisis and the dramatic increase of unemployment in some euro countries have triggered a renewed interest in a fiscal capacity for the European Union to stabilize the economy of its member states. One of the proposed instruments is a common European unemployment insurance. In this book Sebastian Dullien from the HTW Berlin provides and evaluates a blueprint for such a scheme. Building on lessons from the unemployment insurance in the United States of America, he outlines how a European unemployment benefit scheme could be constructed to provide significant stabilization to national business cycles, yet without strongly extending social protection in Europe. Macroeconomic stabilization effects and payment flows between countries are simulated and options, potential pitfalls and existing concerns discussed.
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Full employment policies Languages : en Pages : 20
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : European Union countries Languages : en Pages : 92
Book Description
"This volume looks at EU employment policy, underpinned by the European Employment Strategy, highlighting major initiatives to tackle the disruptive effects of the economic crisis, notably the Europe 2020 Strategy and the European Semester. The guide also covers new initiatives to tackle EU unemployment or social disparities, such as the Employment Package, Youth Employment Package, and the scoreboard of key employment and social indicators. There is also a focus on promoting labor mobility, enhancing dialog with social partners, and plans to complete Europe's monetary union by introducing a common fiscal capacity." --from DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion website.
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations, and Social Affairs Publisher: ISBN: Category : Employment (Economic theory) Languages : en Pages : 26
Author: Sofia Fernandes Publisher: ISBN: Category : Europe Languages : en Pages : 14
Book Description
The economic and financial crisis has taken a heavy toll on social Europe. Today's social imbalances are unacceptable, not only because they call into question the ambition that the EU has set itself to promote social progress, cohesion and justice, but also because they inevitably impact the member states' economic performance and political stability. Though social reality varies widely from one European country to the next, and though social and employment policies are national competences, the post-crisis EU needs to strengthen its "social face". The social dimension of the European project must be mainstreamed into all EU policies: the goals of full employment and those of social justice and cohesion must be embraced by the Commission as a whole rather than solely by the commissioner responsible for employment and social affairs. Moreover, social issues cannot be reinstated at the heart of Europe's action unless and until dialogue and a relationship of trust between the EU and the social partners are restored. On the basis of the above premises, the Commission must establish priorities for action capable of allowing it to improve citizens' future prospects (which includes defending the European "way of life" based on national welfare states, to which Europe's citizens fell immensely attached) and to counter the image of Europe as an actor that allows unfair social competition to take place among workers. Without intending to exclude other issues from EU's social agenda, we have identified three key issues for post-crisis social Europe: employment (part 1), mobility (part 2) and social investment (part 3).
Author: Kenneth Dyson Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 100383549X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
First published in 1989, Combating Long-Term Unemployment follows on from, and is a companion to, Local Authorities and New Technologies. The book seeks to inform debate by analysing policy responses to the problem of long-term unemployment and by focusing on the role of local initiatives in a European context. Long-term unemployment in Europe is a complicated and multifaceted problem, the policy responses to which need to be studied against various contexts. It is designed to appeal to all those interested in policies to combat long-term unemployment: local and central government officials, private sector organizations whose work is relevant to locally based initiatives, and interested academics.
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Publisher: ISBN: Category : European Economic Community countries Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
The Social Europe guide is a bi-annual publication aimed at providing an interested but not necessarily specialised audience with a concise overview of specific areas of EU policy in the field of employment, social affairs and inclusion. It illustrates the key issues and challenges, explains policy actions and instruments at EU level and provides examples of best practices from EU Member States. It also presents views on the subject from the Council Presidency and the European Parliament. Volume 6 looks at the origin and purpose of labour market rules across the EU. It highlights the importance of ensuring good and healthy working conditions and a level playing field in the Single Market. It explains the respective roles the EU institutions and Member States play in shaping the legislation on employment and working conditions: in general, EU rules help to set minimum standards and requirements to underpin national laws, aiming to ensure the realization of the values set out in the EU's founding Treaties. The guide also explains how EU labour law has been influenced by international standards and the role the EU plays in promoting decent work across the world.
Author: Ioannis Vasileiou
Author: Duncan Gallie
Author: Marco Giugni
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Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs
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Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Industrial Relations, and Social Affairs
Author: Sofia Fernandes
Author: Kenneth Dyson
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion