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View article: Unemployment Benefits in the EU: The Commission's Approach
Unemployment Benefits in the EU: The Commission's Approach Open
Unemployment insurance is a major component of European welfare regimes, whereby each EU member state has its own distinctive scheme. Despite falling under national competence, the European Commission has exercised pressure over this polic…
View article: Minority-language socioeconomic policies and their impact on speakers’ choices, habits and attitudes
Minority-language socioeconomic policies and their impact on speakers’ choices, habits and attitudes Open
In this paper we will show how the social setup of the Slovenian minority in Italy, including those measures put in place within the community after the Second World War to prevent assimilation, thereby establishing a minority-language env…
View article: Reform Agendas in National Recovery and Resilience Plans: Partisan Politics and Domestic Usages of Europe
Reform Agendas in National Recovery and Resilience Plans: Partisan Politics and Domestic Usages of Europe Open
This article examines the agency of national executives in shaping the reform agendas within the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Through a comparative analysis of NRRPs …
View article: Dismantling labour markets from above: the case of wage policy in the European Union
Dismantling labour markets from above: the case of wage policy in the European Union Open
Are countries reforming their labour market constrained by external political or financial institutions? This article analyses the supranational pressures impacting wage policy in European member states. Theoretically, it takes inspiration…
View article: When Political Rights Do Not Translate into Economic Power: The Rise and Fall of the Slovenian Minority’s Economy in Italy (1954–2020)
When Political Rights Do Not Translate into Economic Power: The Rise and Fall of the Slovenian Minority’s Economy in Italy (1954–2020) Open
Lack of economic data based on ethnicity makes the study of minority economies in linguistically or ethnically mixed regions problematic. Yet, there is much to learn from these hard cases of economic development in terms of the policies th…
View article: Social dialogue and the future of work in the Adriatic region
Social dialogue and the future of work in the Adriatic region Open
With the partial exception of Slovenia, industrial relations in the Adriatic region, which comprises Albania and the other ex-Yugoslav republics, are rather ineffective, thus confirming that little of the Federation’s legacy of contractual…
View article: Back to the familialist future: the rise of social policy for ruling populist radical right parties in Italy and Poland
Back to the familialist future: the rise of social policy for ruling populist radical right parties in Italy and Poland Open
This article contributes to the emerging studies of populist radical right parties' social policies by looking at two cases, Italy and Poland, where such parties have been in office without the constraint of mainstream pro-market coalition…
View article: The Effectiveness of national social dialogue institutions : from theory to evidence
The Effectiveness of national social dialogue institutions : from theory to evidence Open
Social dialogue has been challenged in some countries in the wake of the Great Recession. In particular, National Social Dialogue Institutions (NSDIs) have sometimes been charged with having limited effectiveness in policymaking. This pape…
View article: Social Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Agency and Institutions in Flux
Social Policy, Poverty, and Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Agency and Institutions in Flux Open
This volume takes stock of the diverse and divergent welfare trajectories of post-socialist countries across Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. It traces the impacts, in terms of poverty, well-being, an…
View article: Talking through the crisis: Social dialogue and industrial relations trends in selected EU countries
Talking through the crisis: Social dialogue and industrial relations trends in selected EU countries Open
This book brings together country case studies from eleven EU Member States, which document emerging trends in national social dialogue, focusing on developments since 2013.
View article: Slovenia: The End of a Success Story? When a Partial Reform Equilibrium Turns Bad
Slovenia: The End of a Success Story? When a Partial Reform Equilibrium Turns Bad Open
During the Great Recession, Slovenia recorded one of the worst economic performances within the EU. Such a decline is surprising as the country was the most stable among the post-socialist states. The article individuates the root cause fo…
View article: Formal independence of regulatory agencies and<scp>V</scp>arieties of<scp>C</scp>apitalism: A case of institutional complementarity?
Formal independence of regulatory agencies and<span>V</span>arieties of<span>C</span>apitalism: A case of institutional complementarity? Open
The V arieties of C apitalism literature posits that national economic institutions reflect the mode of coordination of a country's market actors. Despite the importance of this claim and a rich literature on the emergence of regulatory ca…