Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. 1. The European Union: Policy-making through organizational discursive practices 1
5. 2. Labor Markets, Unemployment and the Rhetoric of Globalization. Sociological and economic background 27
6. 3. Researching the European Union. Data and ethnography 51
7. 4. From Conflict to Consensus? The co-construction of a policy paper 73
8. 5. A Difference that Makes no Difference? Decision-making on employment in the European Parliament 115
9. 6. Dilemmas of Individualism and Social Necessity 145
10. 7. Discussion: The EU Committee Regime and the Problem of Public Space. Strategies of depoliticizing unemployment and ideologizing employment policies 185
11. Appendix 207
12. References 225
13. Index 233