The double voluntarism in EU social dialogue and employment policy

EIOP European Integration Online Papers

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schäfer, Armin ^a   Leiber, Simone ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

^b HANS BÖCKLER FOUNDATION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporatism; Employment policy; Governance; Open coordination; Political science; Social dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749156089     PISSN: 10275193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1695/2009009     Document Type: Article

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