IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/erp/scpoxx/p0001.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The Bounded Creativity of Domestic Appropriation Explaining Selective Flexicurity in Continental Countries

Author

Listed:
  • Sascha Zirra

Abstract

In complementing the insights of historical institutionalism by accounting for the role ofstrategic action in domestic employment policy reforms, this paper aims to unravel themechanisms of domestic Europeanization. We argue that creative appropriation constitutes apivotal strategy of skilled social actors seeking to increase the relevance and legitimacyascribed to their change project within institutionalized domestic fields. However, theircreativity is institutionally framed. In comparing France, Germany and Italy in a most-similar systemdesign, we provide evidence that the domestic opportunity structure for craftinginstitutional connectivity and forming a dominant coalition is an important factor for explainingnot only the scope but the mechanisms and policy fields of domestic Europeanization.

Suggested Citation

  • Sascha Zirra, 2010. "The Bounded Creativity of Domestic Appropriation Explaining Selective Flexicurity in Continental Countries," Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po 2, Centre d'études européennes (CEE) at Sciences Po, Paris.
    • Handle: RePEc:erp:scpoxx:p0001
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.cee.sciences-po.fr/erpa/docs/wp_2010_2.pdf
    File Function: Full text
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Giuseppe Tattara & Marco Valentini, 2012. "Labour Market Segmentation, Flexibility and Precariousness in the Italian North East," AIEL Series in Labour Economics, in: Tindara Addabbo & Giovanni Solinas (ed.), Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case of Italy, edition 1, chapter 8, pages 149-172, AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro.
    2. repec:ucp:bkecon:9789053566510 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Scharpf, Fritz W., 2002. "The European Social Model: Coping with the challenges of diversity," MPIfG Working Paper 02/8, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    4. Colin Hay & Daniel Wincott, 1998. "Structure, Agency and Historical Institutionalism," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 46(5), pages 951-957, December.
    5. W. Eichhorst & M. Grienberger-Zingerle & R. Konle-Seidl, 2008. "Activation Policies in Germany: From Status Protection to Basic Income Support," Springer Books, in: Werner Eichhorst & Otto Kaufmann & Regina Konle-Seidl (ed.), Bringing the Jobless into Work?, pages 17-67, Springer.
    6. Kemmerling, Achim & Bruttel, Oliver, 2005. "New politics in German labour market policy? The implications of the recent Hartz reforms for the German welfare state," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Labor Market Policy and Employment SP I 2005-101, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    7. Haverland, Markus, 2005. "Does the EU cause domestic developments? The problem of case selection in Europeanization research," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 9, January.
    8. Theofanis Exadaktylos & Claudio M. Radaelli, 2009. "Research Design in European Studies: The Case of Europeanization," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(3), pages 507-530, June.
    9. Cornelia Woll & Sophie Jacquot, 2010. "Using Europe: Strategic Action in Multi-Level Politics," Post-Print hal-01023857, HAL.
    10. Nils C. Bandelow, 2008. "Government Learning in German and British European Policies," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(4), pages 743-764, September.
    11. Gerda Falkner & Oliver Treib, 2008. "Three Worlds of Compliance or Four? The EU‐15 Compared to New Member States," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(2), pages 293-313, March.
    12. Peter A. Hall & Rosemary C. R. Taylor, 1998. "The Potential of Historical Institutionalism: a Response to Hay and Wincott," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 46(5), pages 958-962, December.
    13. Renaud Dehousse, 2003. "The Open Method of Coordination: a New Policy Paradigm?," Les Cahiers européens de Sciences Po 3, Centre d'études européennes (CEE) at Sciences Po, Paris.
    14. Beckert, Jens & Ebbinghaus, Bernhard & Hassel, Anke & Manow, Philip (ed.), 2006. "Transformationen des Kapitalismus: Festschrift für Wolfgang Streeck zum sechzigsten Geburtstag," Schriften aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung Köln, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, volume 57, number 57.
    15. Maria Lamelas & Giorgio Rodano, 2005. "Regolazione e mercato del lavoro: un appraisal della "legge Biagi"," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 131-164.
    16. Werner Eichhorst & Otto Kaufmann & Regina Konle-Seidl (ed.), 2008. "Bringing the Jobless into Work?," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-540-77435-8, June.
    17. J. -C. Barbier & O. Kaufmann, 2008. "The French Strategy against Unemployment: Innovative but Inconsistent," Springer Books, in: Werner Eichhorst & Otto Kaufmann & Regina Konle-Seidl (ed.), Bringing the Jobless into Work?, pages 69-120, Springer.
    18. repec:bla:jcmkts:v:46:y:2008:i::p:293-313 is not listed on IDEAS
    19. Fritz W. Scharpf, 2002. "The European Social Model," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 645-670, November.
    20. Ferrera, Maurizio, 2005. "The Boundaries of Welfare: European Integration and the New Spatial Politics of Social Protection," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199284672.
    21. repec:hal:wpspec:info:hdl:2441/f5vtl5h9a73d5ls976m1ga289 is not listed on IDEAS
    22. Robert Ladrech, 1994. "Europeanization of Domestic Politics and Institutions: The Case of France," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(1), pages 69-88, March.
    23. repec:bla:jcmkts:v:47:y:2009:i::p:507-530 is not listed on IDEAS
    24. Andrea Ichino & Fabrizia Mealli & Tommaso Nannicini, 2005. "Temporary Work Agencies in Italy: A Springboard Toward Permanent Employment?," Giornale degli Economisti, GDE (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Bocconi University, vol. 64(1), pages 1-27, September.
    25. Hall, Peter A. & Taylor, Rosemary C. R., 1996. "Political science and the three new institutionalisms," MPIfG Discussion Paper 96/6, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    26. repec:hal:spmain:info:hdl:2441/f5vtl5h9a73d5ls976m1ga289 is not listed on IDEAS
    27. repec:bla:jcmkts:v:46:y:2008:i::p:743-764 is not listed on IDEAS
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen & Gabriel Pons Rotger, 2017. "The fiscal impact of EU immigration on the tax-financed welfare state: Testing the ‘welfare burden’ thesis," European Union Politics, , vol. 18(4), pages 620-639, December.
    2. Brian Burgoon, 2009. "Social Nation and Social Europe," European Union Politics, , vol. 10(4), pages 427-455, December.
    3. Hemerijck, Anton & Eichhorst, Werner, 2009. "Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms," IZA Discussion Papers 4085, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Cecilia Bruzelius & Constantin Reinprecht & Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, 2017. "Stratified Social Rights Limiting EU Citizenship," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55(6), pages 1239-1253, November.
    5. Gaby Umbach & Igor Tkalec, 2021. "Social Investment Policies in the EU: Actively Concrete or Passively Abstract?," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(2), pages 403-414.
    6. Mossialos, Elias & Lear, Julia, 2012. "Balancing economic freedom against social policy principles: EC competition law and national health systems," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 106(2), pages 127-137.
    7. Vincent Gengnagel & Katharina Zimmermann & Sebastian M. Büttner, 2022. "‘Closer to the Market’: EU Research Governance and Symbolic Power," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(6), pages 1573-1591, November.
    8. Stiller, Sabina, 2007. "Surveying the welfare state: challenges, policy development and causes of resilience," Working papers of the ZeS 01/2007, University of Bremen, Centre for Social Policy Research (ZeS).
    9. Scott L. Greer, 2011. "The weakness of strong policies and the strength of weak policies: Law, experimentalist governance, and supporting coalitions in European Union health care policy," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 187-203, June.
    10. Femke Roosma & Wim van Oorschot, 2021. "Between hope and fear? Regional and social dividing lines in attitudes towards an EU minimum income scheme," International Journal of Social Welfare, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(2), pages 170-181, April.
    11. Sharon Baute & Bart Meuleman & Koen Abts & Marc Swyngedouw, 2018. "Measuring Attitudes Towards Social Europe: A Multidimensional Approach," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 137(1), pages 353-378, May.
    12. Bernhard Zeilinger, 2021. "Die Wirkmächtigkeit des Europäischen Semesters und ihre Auswirkung auf die Interessensvertretung durch Arbeitnehmer:innenverbände," Working Paper Reihe der AK Wien - Materialien zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 231, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik.
    13. Schäfer, Armin, 2003. "Stabilizing postwar Europe: Aligning domestic and international goals," MPIfG Working Paper 03/8, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    14. Staffan Kumlin, 2011. "Claiming blame and giving credit? Unintended effects of how government and opposition frame the Europeanization of welfare," European Union Politics, , vol. 12(4), pages 575-595, December.
    15. Hartlapp, Miriam, 2012. "Deconstructing EU old age policy: Assessing the potential of soft OMCs and hard EU law," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 16, February.
    16. Klimov, Blagoy, 2010. "Challenging path dependence? Ideational mapping of nationalism and the EU’s transformative power: The case of infrastructural politics in SEE," MPRA Paper 30985, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    17. Ulf Rinne & Klaus F Zimmermann, 2013. "Is Germany the North Star of Labor Market Policy?," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 61(4), pages 702-729, December.
    18. Eloi Laurent & Jacques Le Cacheux, 2006. "Integrity and Efficiency in the EU: The Case against the European economic constitution," Working Papers hal-00972707, HAL.
    19. Raitio, Kaisa, 2013. "Discursive institutionalist approach to conflict management analysis — The case of old-growth forest conflicts on state-owned land in Finland," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 97-103.
    20. Luis Alfonso Dau & Aya S. Chacar & Marjorie A. Lyles & Jiatao Li, 2022. "Informal institutions and international business: Toward an integrative research agenda," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(6), pages 985-1010, August.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    France; Germany; Italy; Europeanization; neo-institutionalism; unemployment; employment policy; social policy;
    All these keywords.

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:erp:scpoxx:p0001. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Linda AMRANI (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.cee.sciences-po.fr .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.