TY  - JOUR
AB  - EU social policy is perhaps the most controversial aspect of European
integration yet, despite all the political clashes on the matter,
concepts like “social Europe” or “social dimension” remain ill‐defined and
imprecise terms. Intends to outline and clarify in detail the debate
about whether or not the European Union should have competence with
regard to labour market affairs. A key message is that social policy has
been controversial because it has become embroiled in the debate about
the future political direction of the EU. In particular, three
contrasting political models –symbiotic integration, integrative
federalism and neo‐liberalism – have been put forward as organizing
principles for the EU and each has a coherent view of what form social
policy should take at the European level. It is the clash between these
three models that has caused EU social policy to be so contestable and
intractable.
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
SN  - 0142-5455
DO  - 10.1108/01425459410069352
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459410069352
AU  - Teague Paul
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - Labour Market Governance in the New Europe
T2  - Employee Relations
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 5
EP  - 108
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -