Governing Work and Welfare in a Ne Economy European and American Experiments [Paperback]

Europe and the United States confront common challenges in responding to the transformations of work and welfare in the 'new economy', and there are signs of far-reaching changes in the role of government as a direct result. This volume presents the latest research by a team of outstanding international contributors. Parts One and Two examine new approaches to the governance of work and welfare in the EU and the US respectively; and Part Three surveys emergent trends and reflects on future possibilities.

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Preface
1. Introduction: Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy: European and American Experiments,Jonathan Zeitlin
Part 1. Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The European Union
2. New Governance, Employment Policy, and the European Social Model,David M. Trubek and James S. Mosher
3. The European Employment Strategy, Multi-level Governance, and Policy Coordination: Past, Present and Future,Janine Goetschy
4. Recalibrating Europe's Welfare Regimes,Maurizio Ferrera and Anton Hemerijck
5. National 'Pacts' and EU Governance in Social Policy and the Labor Market,Martin Rhodes
6. Decentralizing Employment Protection in Europe: Territorial Pacts and Beyond,Ida Regalia
7. Local Labor Market Policies and Social Integration in Europe: Potential and Pitfalls of Integrated Partnership Approaches,Adalbert Evers
Part 2. Experimenting with the Work-Welfare Nexus: The United States
8. US Welfare Reform: The Big Experiment,Joel F. Handler
9. Organizing the US Labor Market: National Problems, Community Strategies,Paul Osterman
10. Part of the Solution: Emerging Workforce Intermediaries in the United States,Laura Dresser and Joel Rogers
11. Health Care and Low-wage Work in the United States: Linking Local Actlã