The European Social Model and Transitional Labour Markets: Law and Policy

This volume brings together theoretical, empirical and comparative accounts of the European Social Model and transitional labour market policy. It is divided into five sections. Section one Transitional Labour Markets and the European Social Model contains theoretical accounts of the ESM and a discussion of policy implications for European social and employment policies from research on transitional labour markets. Section two The European Employment Strategy and Transitional Labour Markets is devoted to an economic as well as legal assessment of the EES from the transitional labour market perspective. Section three New Governance Techniques in European Labour Market Policies assembles contributions that evaluate new forms of governance both in European and member state policies, including discussions of soft law instruments. In section four National Transitional Labour Market Policies in Europe country studies of labour market reforms in Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and France assess their contribution to an emerging ESM. Finally, section five Comparative Transitional Labour Market Policies in Europe and Beyond contains comparative accounts of the ESM, including welfare and labour law aspects as well as industrial relations in Europe and worldwide.