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PLEASE RESPOND ASAP AS PANEL PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY
Last Call for papers on EU Social & Employment Policy and the new Member
States to complete a conference panel at UACES 34th Annual Research
Conference, The University of Birmingham, Monday - Wednesday, 6-8 September
2004.
We need a third and fourth paper to complete this panel (See proposal
below). The 2 papers already committed will address the social dialogue and
worker participation (EWCs); and gender equality.
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT POLICY IN THE NEW MEMBER-STATES
All newly acceding countries will be implementing the acquis under chapter
13 of the negotiations on Social Policy and Employment. Yet too little is
known about the implications of implementation in specific countries, and
preliminary reports are sceptical. A number of apparent contradictions lie
unresolved. The Commission says "Social policy is not about spending and
regulation. Social policy is a productive factor which brings benefits for
the economy, for employment, and for competitiveness". Yet it sees
solidarity between citizens and partnership between the various actors in
society to be a key principle of the Union, whose members are "distinguished
by the extent of their social support systems". How does this play in
accession countries? Is the current European social contract (whether
'Western' or 'Southern') being replicated in the new members states or are
distinct systems emerging?
Papers dealing specifically with any of the following would be welcome:
political problems of implementation and policy development; critiques of
the accession and negotiating process, the politics or political economy of
full employment, social solidarity, social protection, workers' rights, the
fight against discrimination on Article 13 grounds; as well as papers
covering several of these in one single country, or taking a comparative
approach.
Proposals with abstracts, or preliminary suggestions, should be sent as
soon as possible to:
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Monica Threlfall
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Dept. of Politics, International Relations and European Studies
Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK
direct tel : +44 (0)1509 222979 ; fax: +44 (0) 1509 22 3917
Departmental website: http://lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu
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