The performance of the European Union in the international labour organization

This article examines EU performance by assessing its effectiveness in the ILO and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992-2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technica...

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Autor: Kissack, Robert
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Accepted version
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/41732
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/41732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2011.606689
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:European Union
ILO
International organisation
Labour standards
Performance
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description This article examines EU performance by assessing its effectiveness in the ILO and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992-2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technical domain it argues that although the EU has been effective in uploading its policy preferences into ILO labour standards, the relevance of collective EU representation to the member states has marginally decreased since 1992 by comparison to the previous 20 years. In the political domain there has been considerable progress enhancing EU performance in promoting compliance with labour standards within the ILO’s monitoring system, although the increase results from higher relevance than greater effectiveness. It also argues that the institutional environment of the ILO, constituted by its rules, norms and practices, play an important role in assessing EU performance. Doing so calls into question established assumptions about EU behaviour in international organisations.
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spelling The performance of the European Union in the international labour organization Kissack, Robert European Union ILO International organisation Labour standards Performance This article examines EU performance by assessing its effectiveness in the ILO and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992-2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technical domain it argues that although the EU has been effective in uploading its policy preferences into ILO labour standards, the relevance of collective EU representation to the member states has marginally decreased since 1992 by comparison to the previous 20 years. In the political domain there has been considerable progress enhancing EU performance in promoting compliance with labour standards within the ILO’s monitoring system, although the increase results from higher relevance than greater effectiveness. It also argues that the institutional environment of the ILO, constituted by its rules, norms and practices, play an important role in assessing EU performance. Doing so calls into question established assumptions about EU behaviour in international organisations. Taylor & Francis http://hdl.handle.net/10230/41732 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2011.606689
spellingShingle The performance of the European Union in the international labour organization
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European Union
ILO
International organisation
Labour standards
Performance
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topic European Union
ILO
International organisation
Labour standards
Performance
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ILO
International organisation
Labour standards
Performance
url http://hdl.handle.net/10230/41732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2011.606689