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Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the
changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe.
The first part of the book deals with general issues, and the
succeeding parts look at developments in the UK, Italy and the
former West Germany.
Originally published in 1986 the first part of this book outlines
some of the general problems of technological change and labour
relations. It discusses the politics of rationalisation and of
industrialisation in the car industry by examining case studies of
Volkswagen British Leyland and FIAT. The impact developments exert
on trade unions in the UK, Germany and Italy is discussed
simultaneously.
Originally published in 1986 the first part of this book outlines
some of the general problems of technological change and labour
relations. It discusses the politics of rationalisation and of
industrialisation in the car industry by examining case studies of
Volkswagen British Leyland and FIAT. The impact developments exert
on trade unions in the UK, Germany and Italy is discussed
simultaneously.
This book critically examines the ramifications of reforms to
higher education institutions. All of the higher education system
reforms implemented in western countries over the last three
decades have had one fundamentally important aim: namely, that of
changing the existing institutional and system governance
arrangements. This book argues that within this general framework,
Italy is a relative latecomer to a scenario where attempts at
university reform have been characterized by considerable
difficulties, and have been blighted by the arguably poor quality
of policy design. By focusing on the Italian reform trajectory as
an emblematic case, and providing a comprehensive of the historical
evolution of higher education in Italy and further afield, this
book adopts a comparative perspective to show how reforms of
governance in higher education may achieve different degrees of
success depending on the characteristics of their policy design,
and why these reforms inevitably lead to a series of unintended
consequences. It will be vital reading for those interested in
education policy and the history of education.
`This book offers an analysis of the increasing influence of
external demands on the dynamics of European higher education
systems and institutions. It focuses on the growing openness of
higher education to its external environment and suggests that a
"market logic" has emerged in higher education institutions. In
addition, the book addresses a number of crucial "drivers of
change", like the massification of higher education, the emergence
of the "knowledge economy" and the Bologna Process. And it studies
the roles and interests of various stakeholders. This book should
be of interest to all those who are involved in higher education,
whether as internal actors in institutions of higher education, or
as its external clients and policy makers. It provides a relevant
perspective on the current developments in European higher
education and at the same time offers the conceptual tools to
critically analyze these developments.' - Frans van Vught,
President of the European Center for Strategic Management of
Universities (Esmu) and former president of the University of
Twente, the Netherlands `The book presents exciting comparative
perspectives: how Italian scholars perceive and assess links
between higher education and the economy. In-depth information is
provided on issues not well documented in the past, e.g. the
involvement of external actors in curriculum design, career
services for students and links between governance and funding. The
Milano-based team of scholars convincingly interpret the
opportunities and problems of higher education reforms aiming to
position higher education in the knowledge society.' - Ulrich
Teichler, University of Kassel, Germany `European Universities and
the Challenge of the Market by Marino Regini offers a timely,
refreshing and well-researched account of one of the most important
changes in European (and other) higher education - the rise of
competition and the market as key policy drivers. This is a global
template whose diffusion and domestications are hugely important
for higher education policy research and Regini's book begins
lucidly and insightfully to fill in longstanding gaps for us. Just
as crucially the book provides valuable material on both the
convergences and divergences we find increasingly between
globally-situated higher education states.' - Roger King, Open
University and London School of Economics, UK `UK academics are
frequently exhorted to integrate a European (and global)
perspective into their syllabuses, especially where their students
are drawn from a wide variety of national backgrounds. But this is
difficult when there is a dearth of detailed, accessible
contemporary accounts of national practices elsewhere. This edited
book goes a very long way to help them. It offers detailed,
rigorously researched descriptions of the nature and effects on
higher education of its "marketisation" - descriptions rooted in
robust theoretical and conceptual frameworks which help the reader
situate the descriptions in their own context.' - Paul Trowler,
Lancaster University, UK
Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited brings together leading experts
on the political economies of southern Europe-specifically Greece,
Italy, Spain, and Portugal-to closely analyze and explain the
primary socioeconomic and institutional features that define
"Mediterranean capitalism" within the wider European context. These
economies share a number of features, most notably their
difficulties to provide viable answers to the challenge of
globalization. By examining and comparing such components as
welfare, education and innovation policies, cultural dimensions,
and labor market regulation, Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited
attends to both commonalities and divergences between the four
countries, identifying the main reasons behind the poor performance
of their economies and slow recovery from the Great Recession of
2007-2008. This volume also sheds light on the process of
diversification among the four countries and addresses whether it
did and still does make sense to speak of a uniquely Mediterranean
model of capitalism. Contributors: Alexandre Afonso, Leiden
University; Lucio Baccaro, Max Planck Institute for the Study of
Societies; Rui Branco, NOVA University of Lisbon; Fabio Bulfone,
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Giliberto Capano,
University of Bologna; Sabrina Colombo, University of Milan; Lisa
Dorigatti, University of Milan; Ana M. Guillen, University of
Oviedo; Matteo Jessoula, University of Milan; Andrea Lippi,
University of Florence; Manos Matsaganis, Polytechnic University of
Milan; Oscar Molina, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Manuela
Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore; Sofia A. Perez, Boston
University; Gemma Scalise, University of Bergamo; Arianna
Tassinari, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited brings together leading experts
on the political economies of southern Europe-specifically Greece,
Italy, Spain, and Portugal-to closely analyze and explain the
primary socioeconomic and institutional features that define
"Mediterranean capitalism" within the wider European context. These
economies share a number of features, most notably their
difficulties to provide viable answers to the challenge of
globalization. By examining and comparing such components as
welfare, education and innovation policies, cultural dimensions,
and labor market regulation, Mediterranean Capitalism Revisited
attends to both commonalities and divergences between the four
countries, identifying the main reasons behind the poor performance
of their economies and slow recovery from the Great Recession of
2007-2008. This volume also sheds light on the process of
diversification among the four countries and addresses whether it
did and still does make sense to speak of a uniquely Mediterranean
model of capitalism. Contributors: Alexandre Afonso, Leiden
University; Lucio Baccaro, Max Planck Institute for the Study of
Societies; Rui Branco, NOVA University of Lisbon; Fabio Bulfone,
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Giliberto Capano,
University of Bologna; Sabrina Colombo, University of Milan; Lisa
Dorigatti, University of Milan; Ana M. Guillen, University of
Oviedo; Matteo Jessoula, University of Milan; Andrea Lippi,
University of Florence; Manos Matsaganis, Polytechnic University of
Milan; Oscar Molina, Autonomous University of Barcelona; Manuela
Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore; Sofia A. Perez, Boston
University; Gemma Scalise, University of Bergamo; Arianna
Tassinari, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
This book, first published in 1990, analyzes the relative impact of
class and status groups versus demographic composition and
political structures on the growth of welfare spending in Italy.
Special attention is given to the role of the aged as
representative of the importance of ascription and middle-class
groups in welfare growth. The authors conclude that the primary
beneficiaries of welfare benefits are not the poor but middle
income groups and that income inequality is reinforced by welfare
spending.
During the post-World War II period, a pattern emerged in several
European countries: centralized and concerted political regulation
of the economy based on Keynesian policies, the development of the
welfare state and moderately successful attempts at tripartite
agreements. This pattern underwent a serious crisis in the 1980s,
however, and in the view of many observers was replaced by a
far-reaching deregulation of the economy. In contrast to this view,
Professor Regini argues that social and political institutions have
by no means lost their ability to structure economic activities.
They have, in fact, shaped the different ways in which the European
economies have adjusted to market conditions. Regini argues that
while it is wrong to see deregulation as a general trend taking
place in formerly institutionally regulated economies, the relevant
institutions have changed. A pattern of "micro-social" regulation
of European economies has emerged as a potential replacement for
the "macro-political" one, though the boundaries between the two
forms of regulation remain quite uncertain. This volume discusses
the conditions under which a change from a macro to a micro form
occurs, as well as the features of the emerging pattern.
Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labour market
de-regulation have, perhaps more than any other contemporary issue,
impassioned political debate and academic research. With
contributions from economists, political scientists and
sociologists, Why Deregulate Labour Markets? takes a hard look at
the empirical connections between unemployment and regulation in
Europe today, utilizing both in-depth nation analyses and
broader-based international comparisons. The book demonstrates that
Europe's mass unemployment cannot be directly ascribed to excessive
worker protection. Labour market rigidities can, however, be
harmful for particular groups. The weight of the evidence suggests
that a radical strategy of de-regulation would probably cause more
harm than benefits for European economic performance.
During the post-World War II period, a pattern emerged in several
European countries: centralized and concerted political regulation
of the economy based on Keynesian policies, the development of the
welfare state and moderately successful attempts at tripartite
agreements. This pattern underwent a serious crisis in the 1980s,
however, and in the view of many observers was replaced by a
far-reaching deregulation of the economy. In contrast to this view,
Professor Regini argues that social and political institutions have
by no means lost their ability to structure economic activities.
They have, in fact, shaped the different ways in which the European
economies have adjusted to market conditions. Regini argues that
while it is wrong to see deregulation as a general trend taking
place in formerly institutionally regulated economies, the relevant
institutions have changed. A pattern of "micro-social" regulation
of European economies has emerged as a potential replacement for
the "macro-political" one, though the boundaries between the two
forms of regulation remain quite uncertain. This volume discusses
the conditions under which a change from a macro to a micro form
occurs, as well as the features of the emerging pattern.
After a decade dominated by `neo-liberal' policies and by
increasing managerial pressures towards labour flexibility in
industrial relations, the role of labour movements is under
challenge. In the light of the experience of the 1980s this volume
provides an interdisciplinary reassessment of the traditions and
future of collective worker's action in Western states.
Contributors assess the roles of labour movements as actors in the
economic system through such mechanisms as collective bargaining,
and as actors in the political arena. Labour movements and the
institutions in which they are embodied, particularly trade unions,
are also examined in the light of the broader social movements from
which they originate. Bringing together comparative research from a
number of countries, this collection presents a unique source of
analysis of recent and future trends in labour movements.
Recent scholarship on the role of the state in designing regulatory
policies in the industrialized democracies has identified a shift
from the increasingly direct role of the state in the 1970s to a
diminishing role in the 1980s. The essays in this volume provide a
systematic analysis of the contemporary means of regulation
employed in a range of economic and social policy areas in Italy.
They support the general thesis that policy in Italy is
characterized by a complex interaction of state, market and social
regulation, rather than by a general trend away from state
intervention.
Europe's mass unemployment and the call for extensive labour market de-regulation have, perhaps more than any other contemporary issue, impassioned political debate and academic research. With contributions from economists, political scientists and sociologists, Why Deregulate Labour Markets? takes a hard look at the empirical connections between unemployment and regulation in Europe today, utilizing both in-depth nation analyses and broader-based international comparisons.
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