Introduction : studying social concertation in Europe / Bernhard Ebbinghaus and J. Timo Weishaupt -- Social concertation in Europe during the great recession : exploring when governments include social partners in crisis management / Benedikt Bender and Bernhard Ebbinghaus -- Back to the future...

This illuminating book examines the origins and evolution of labor market policy in Western Europe in three phases: a manpower revolution during the 1960s and 1970s; a phase of international disagreement about the causes of and remedies for unemployment, which triggered a variety of policy...

This analytical paper builds on and expands the discussions that took place in Tallinn, by: 1. Introducing the reader to the key elements of performance management through Management- by-Objectives (MbO) and defining key analytical terms. 2. Reviewing the key findings, discusses 'lessons...