{"title":"Reforming the European Social Model and the politics of indicators: from the unemployment rate to the employment rate in the European Employment Strategy","authors":"R. Salais","doi":"10.46692/9781847421616.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46692/9781847421616.009","url":null,"abstract":"The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) was introduced for the purpose of monitoring the ‘modernisation’ of the European social model from a hypothetical ‘centre’ towards greater flexibility, better economic efficiency and lower costs. What verdict can be issued concerning the OMC, in the context of reform of the European social model? This chapter will focus on the European Employment Strategy as an exemplar of what could be called ‘a politics of indicators’, by which is meant the specific type of political action and monitoring introduced by the OMC. Under the European Employment Strategy (EES) the benchmarking of national employment policies, by means of a set of indicators, plays a key role. In benchmarking management techniques, identifying good practices is the precondition for finding ways of applying them (Tronti 2001). The performance gaps between firms have to be measured in a consistent and reliable manner and properly correlated with the objectives of the firm. They must be clearly attributable to the causes, i.e. the good practices. It is at this decisive point that the indicators appear on the scene. While, in the case of a","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128683320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The European Social Model and gender equality","authors":"Lilja Mósesdóttir","doi":"10.46692/9781847421616.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46692/9781847421616.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"34 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133558185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The concept of the ESM and supranational legitimacy-building","authors":"A. Pascual, M. Jepsen","doi":"10.2307/j.ctt9qgtm7.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qgtm7.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125479670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the European Social Model against the capability approach","authors":"J. Bonvin","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781861347985.003.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781861347985.003.0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125495017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Has the European Social Model a distinctive activation touch?","authors":"J. Barbier","doi":"10.46692/9781847421616.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46692/9781847421616.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132677332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employment and pay in Europe and the US: food for thought about flexibility and the European Social Model","authors":"W. Salverda","doi":"10.2307/j.ctt9qgtm7.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qgtm7.9","url":null,"abstract":"Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible.","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122508181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Activation policies and the European Social Model","authors":"J. Handler","doi":"10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781861347985.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/POLICYPRESS/9781861347985.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":202854,"journal":{"name":"Unwrapping the European Social Model","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132288261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}