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trade unions and the regulation of job security in Western Europe
Emmenegger analyses the historical development of job security regulations in Western Europe from the establishment of freedom of contract in the nineteenth century until the heyday of two-tier labour market reforms in the 2000s. Job security regulations restrict managerial capacity to dismiss employees or use new forms of employment (e.g. temporary work) when hiring new workers.
2. Towards a new theory of the politics of job security regulations. Literature review. Job security regulations by consensus: The varieties of capitalism thesis [and] Conservative social policy: The social Catholicism thesis [and] Contested regulations: The power resources thesis. -- Beyond cross-national differences: Towards a more nuanced theory of the politics of job security regulations. Trade unions are the driving force behind the extension of job security regulations [and] The paradoxical effects of early trade union strength [and] Temporal variations in power resources: Three periods of labour movement strength [and] Second-best solutions: Trade unions and two-tier labour market reforms.
3. Setting up a regulatory regime. Before World War I: Freedom of contract in a period of business strength -- The Interwar Period: The 1920 Works Council Act and the rise of Fascism -- World War II and its aftermath: The new role of public authorities -- Job security regulations after two World Wars.
4. A 'Red Wave' over Europe. A 'Red Wave' sweeps over Europe -- Little effective protection against dismissal -- The reform of job security regulations in the late 1960s and early 1970s. France: The May 1968 rupture [and] Italy: The Hot Autumn [and] Germany: The quest for co-determination [and] The Netherlands: Wages rather than job security [and] Switzerland: Too weak to enforce significant change [and] Sweden: From contract to law [and] Denmark: The non-event [and] Great Britain: Legislation rather than contestation. -- Job security regulations after the 'Red Wave'.
5. The age of dualization. Trade unions in the age of dualization -- The reform of job security regulations since the early 1980s. Great Britain: The Thatcher Revolution [and] Italy: No choice but dualization? [and] France: Fighting the inevitable? [and] Germany: Dualization in a coordinated market economy [and] Sweden: Dualization in a social democratic welfare state [and] The Netherlands Flexicurity in a two-tier labour market [and] Denmark and Switzerland: Closing gaps but keeping the level of protection low. -- Job security regulations in the age of dualization.
6. Power and institutions. The historical development of job security regulations in Western Europe: Compararive discussion of findings. Setting up a new regulatory regime [and] Facing the 'Red Wave' [and] The age of dualization. -- Beyond cross-national differences in power resources -- Dualization forever?
Includes bibliographical references and index.