The Maastricht Treaty in 1992 was based on neoliberal ideas of a market-driven European
economy and democracy, and continues to be seen as a step towards a new stage of …

[From the Introduction]. The concept of activation covers a wide range of employment
measures with very different approaches and emphases that are determined by the cultural …

Investigating the ideological dimension and exploring the continued impact of Marx, Keynes
and Hayek, the authors demonstrate how these three economic narratives became …

SALTSA is a collaboration programme for occupational research in Europe. The National
Institute for Working Life in Sweden and the Swedish confederations of trade unions SACO …

European citizenship, which was created by the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, expressed the
Member States' desire for a qualitative leap in the construction of Europe, after a long period …

The so-called Community method of integration is said to face an efficiency-legitimacy trade-
off (Héritier 2002; Höreth 1999; Scharpf 2001). According to this argument, it is not possible …

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entschied sich Europa für den Liberalismus und wählte dafür
eine spezifische Wirtschafts-und Sozialordnung: die Soziale Marktwirtschaft. Mathieu …

Throughout the Eurozone's economic crisis, little attention has been given to wage-setting
practices. This lack of attention is surprising given that wages have been considered an …

This chapter explores the relationship among three dynamics that featured in the political
economy of European unification during the 1980s: the history of monetary unification …

Figure 1 Euro-area GDP% changes 1998-1999 Figure 2: GDP growth and unemployment in
the euro-area 1998-1999 Figure 3: HICP in euro-area (% c “hanges) 1998-1999 Figure 4 …