基本説明
Provides in-depth studies of six countries.
Full Description
The result of a four-year long comparative research study centered at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and financed by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme, Social Pacts in Europe presents the first full-length theoretical and comparative empirical study of new social pacts in Europe. Its aim is to bring the level of sophistication achieved in an earlier literature on neo-corporatism to the more contemporary phenomenon of 'social pacting'. The book brings a wide range of complementary theories to bear on the emergence, evolution and institutionalization of pacts, compares systematically a wide range of cases across Europe, and provides in-depth studies of Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia. The book contributes to the scholarly debate on economic adjustment and institutional change in European capitalism by focusing on three inter-related questions: (i) what explains national variation in reliance on social pacts; (ii) what determines the outcomes of individual pact negotiations; and (iii) under what conditions are pacts repeated and become regular features of socio-economic governance? The book's theoretical innovations include a novel application of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/QCA) to help explain national differences in social pact adoption; the application of a game theoretic approach to explain social pact emergence; and a reinterpretation of traditional neo-corporatist and new institutionalist theory to help understand social pact consolidation and institutionalization.
Contents
PART I: ANALYZING SOCIAL PACTS ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Conditions for Pacts: A Fuzzy Set Analysis of the Resurgence of Tripartite Concertation ; PART II: ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK ; 3. The Emergence of Pacts: Analyzing Negotiation Processes and Bargaining Outcomes ; 4. The Evolution of Pacts: Trajectories and Mechanisms of Institutionalization ; PART III: CASE STUDIES ; 5. Ireland: Two Trajectories of Institutionalisation ; 6. Italy: The Rise and Decline of Social Pacts ; 7. Portugal: From Broad Strategic Pacts to Policy-Specific Agreements Maria da Paz Campos Lima and Reinhard Naumann ; 8. Spain: From Tripartite to Bipartite Pacts ; 9. Netherlands: Social Pacts in a Concertation Economy ; 10. Slovenia: Social Pacts and Political Exchange ; PART IV: SYNTHESIS ; 11. Conclusions: Reassessing the Framework
