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BL
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696396
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b518585
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Federalism and labour market policy : : comparing different governance and employment strategies /\ edited by Alain Noël
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| Publication Statement
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Montreal :: McGill-Queen's University Press,, [2004]
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, ©2004
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| Series Statement
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Social union series
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viii, 270 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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1553390067
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: 1553390075
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: 9781553390060
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: 9781553390077
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| Notes
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Published for the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references
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| Contents
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1. Introduction : Varieties of Capitalism, Varieties of Federalism / Alain Noel -- 2. Intergovernmental Relations in Employment Policy : The United States Experience / Christopher J. O'Leary and Robert A. Straits -- 3. Labour Market Policy and the Unemployment Crisis in the Federal Republic of Germany : Institutional Sclerosis or Corporatist Renewal? / Steffen Schneider -- 4. The Swiss Experience in the 1990s / Herbert Obinger -- 5. Feralization and Labour Market Policy in Belgium / Marianne De Troyer and Valter Cortese -- 6. Canadian Labour Market Policy : Federalism and Policy Realignment at the Millennium / Rodney Haddow
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| Abstract
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"The contributors to this volume study five federations - the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada - that have different types of market economies and different federal institutions to see exactly how federalism matters for labour market policy. Conversely, they also use labour market politics as a lens to understand federalism better." "The book confirms the importance of institutional arrangements in the contemporary process of adjustment to a more global and post-industrial economy. The economic challenges are the same for the different federations, but the policy responses vary significantly, in accordance with the varieties of capitalism and federalism that prevail in each country. Students of labour market policy should thus pay close attention to the institutional and political context in which decisions are made. Likewise scholars interested in federalism should be sensitive to the diversity of policy choices and constraints faced by federations, and avoid treating them simply as arrangements that disperse authority or contribute to the preservation of markets."--Jacket
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Comparative industrial relations
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Federal government
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Manpower policy-- Canada
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Manpower policy-- European Economic Community countries
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Manpower policy-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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331.12/042
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HD5706.F33 2004
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Noël, Alain,1958 December 13-
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Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)., Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
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