Work organization and Europe as a development coalition
By: Richard Ennals, Bjørn Gustavsen
Contributors: Gustavsen, Bjørn.
Series: Dialogues on work and innovation,; v. 7
Publisher: John Benjamin
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Industrial concentration -- Europe -- Case studies.; Business networks -- Europe -- Case studies.; Labor supply -- Europe -- Case studies.; Regional economics -- Case studies.; Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945- -- Regional disparities -- Case studies.
Description: Work Organization has achieved recent prominence as new employment guidelines are embodied in the policies of all European Member States. This book, based on decades of action research in separate European nations, identifies the research background from which these new insights and policy initiatives have emerged. Rather than arguing for a stronger role for the state, or simply leaving matters to the market, the book presents a "third way" based on networks and coalitions, illustrated with numerous current European case studies, which provide explanations for developments at the level of enterprises, regions and the European Union itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and indexes.