Europe and the politics of capabilities /

"This book demonstrates how an employment-oriented social policy in Europe can develop from a new, different set of policy principles, specifically 'a capability approach'. Taking inspiration from the work of Amartya Sen, this book focuses on the effective freedom people need to achie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Salais, Robert, Villeneuve, Robert, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Manpower policy > European Union countries.
Quality of work life > European Union countries.
Regional planning > European Union countries.
Emploi > Politique gouvernementale > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Qualité de la vie au travail > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Aménagement du territoire > Pays de l'Union européenne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Economic policy.
Manpower policy.
Quality of work life.
Regional planning.
Social policy.
Sozialpolitik
Wirtschaftspolitik
Regionalplanung
Arbeitspolitik
Planification régionale.
Politique de l'emploi.
Politique économique.
Politique sociale.
Qualité de vie au travail.
European Union countries > Economic policy.
European Union countries > Social policy.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Politique économique.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Politique sociale.
European Union countries.
Pays de l'Union européenne.
Europäische Union.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Odile Quintin
  • 1. Introduction : Europe and the politics of capabilities / Robert Salais and Robert Villeneuve
  • 2. Europe tested through its products : the Renault-Vilvoorde affair and its implication for industry and employment policies / Claude Didry
  • 3. Competences-oriented logics and the politics of unemployability / Benedicte Zimmermann
  • 4. Regional capabilities and the European employment strategy / Martin Heidenreich
  • 5. The territorial pacts in Italy : the competitive corporatism assumption in question / Serafino Negrelli
  • 6. Mobilising local capabilities for a European economic project : the case of Marseilles / Pierre-Paul Zalio.

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