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  Ambiguities of Social Europe: Political Agenda Setting among Trade Unionists from Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe

Seeliger, M.(2017). Ambiguities of Social Europe: Political Agenda Setting among Trade Unionists from Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung.

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Seeliger, Martin1, Author           
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Free keywords: Social Europe, trade unionism, eastern enlargement, labor transnationalism, European integration
 Abstract: The article analyzes the integration of Central and Eastern European (CEE) trade unions in European policy-making. With reference to transnational cooperation in two fields of European-level decision making (issues concerning freedom of services and a European minimum wage), it investigates the extent to which trade unions from the CEE countries are participating in the development of policy positions among European-level trade union organizations. On this basis, the article highlights three things: (1) the instrumental meaning of "Social Europe," (2) the necessity of a mid-way position between optimistic and pessimistic viewpoints on East–West trade union cooperation, and (3) the meaning of social skill among European-level trade union actors.
 Abstract: Der Artikel analysiert die Einbindung zentral- und osteuropäischer Gewerkschafter in die europäische Entscheidungsebene. Unter Bezug auf die transnationale Zusammenarbeit in zwei Politikfeldern (Dienstleistungsfreiheit sowie die Diskussion um den europäischen Mindestlohn) zeigt der Text, inwiefern zentral- und osteuropäische Vertreter dort auf Augenhöhe an der Entwicklung gemeinsamer Positionen beteiligt werden. Auf dieser Grundlage arbeitet der Artikel drei Aspekte heraus: den instrumentellen Charakter des Begriffs eines "sozialen Europas", die Notwendigkeit einer zwischen Euro-Optimisten und Euro-Pessimisten vermittelnden Position sowie die Bedeutung von "social skill" für die praktische Auseinandersetzung von Akteuren in der europäischen Gewerkschaftspolitik.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017-012017
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: IV, 23
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: 1 Introduction
2 International trade unionism in the EU
3 Theoretical framework
Goal setting within ETFs between institutional nationalism and international socialization
Framing interest representation through the use of “social skill”
Summary of the theoretical framework
4 Methodology
5 Empirical findings
National backgrounds with regard to policy fields
Discussion on the European services directive
Debate on the European minimum wage
Summary
6 Conclusion
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Title: MPIfG Discussion Paper
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MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, Editor              
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 17/1 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0944-2073 (Print)
ISSN: 1864-4325 (Internet)