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| New Governance, EU Employment Policy, and the European Social Model * David M. Trubek and James Mosher This paper is a part of contributions to the Jean Monnet Working Paper No.6/01, Symposium: Responses to the European Commission's White Paper on Governance Introduction 1) Origins: The Crisis in European Social Policy The magnitude of the tasks to be undertaken. The limits of European Union competence and capacity 2) The EES: The Emergence of an Alternative Governance Paradigm for EU-level Social Policy 3) The EES: Process and Strategy An iterative multi-level, multi-actor process A partial strategy and a political compromise 4) The Impact of the EES on Member State Policy Preventative and Active Unemployment Policies More employment-friendly taxation systems Assessing Impact 5) Does the EES Promote Policy Learning? Assessment of the process Evidence of change 6) Overall Assessment: Creating New Governance Mechanisms and Preserving the European Social Model Assessing a new governance mechanism The EES, the politics of the welfare state, and the future of the European Social Model Final Thoughts References Economic and Monetary Union: Implications For Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining in Europe Jon Erik Dølvik (Berkeley), 2000 Social developments in the European Union. Co-ordination by Christophe Degryse et Philippe Pochet, March 2001, Second annual report Produced at the behest of the European Trade Union Institute and the ETUC |
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