The European sectoral social dialogue : actors, developments and challenges / Anne Dufresne, Cristophe Degryse & Philippe Pochet (eds.)

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This volume is original in that is based on a systematic collection of documents produced by the European sectoral and cross - industry social dialogue, along with a hundred or so interviews with the relevant players. Some of the main questions raised by the authors include: what is meant by sectoral social dialogue? How does it differ from cross- industry social dialogue? What type of negotiations take place? What are the aims and strategies of employers organisations? Are the agreements implemented and, if not, why not? What difference has EU enlargement made in this area and what else might change? Is it possible to devise a typology of sectors? Without claiming to have definitive answers for all these guestions, this volume offers some useful food for thought at a time when sectoral social dialogue is tentatively asserting its position Europewide.