Flexicurity - Europeiska begreppet som väckte känslor - En studie om flexicurity begreppets inverkan på den politiska debatten i Sverige
Flexicurity - Europeiska begreppet som väckte känslor - En studie om flexicurity begreppets inverkan på den politiska debatten i Sverige
Abstract
In the beginning of the 21th century the debate about flexicurity, which in other words
combines flexibility and security on the labour market, was increasingly blowing up. Both
Denmark and the Netherlands had labor markets which were considered being within the
frames of flexicurity. But there were not only positive words about flexicurity. At the same
time some people saw flexicurity as a neo-liberal agenda and a way to make Europe more
neo-liberal. This was because flexicurity was a way to combining neo-liberal and
keynesianstic thoughts, where the flexibility stands for the neo-liberal and security stands for
the keynesianistic. These thoughts increased when the European Commission communicated
their flexicurity strategy to the member states and the discussion began to start in Sweden.
This thesis studies the impact of the European Commissions flexicurity communication on the
political discussion in Sweden in relation to the political right-left scale. Further the study
shows that flexicurity had some impact on the political parties and the political discussion
concerning labour markets policies. It also shows that some of the political parties began to
change opinions especially in matters concerning unemployment insurance, labor law and
lifelong learning.
Degree
Student essay
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Date
2018-05-15Author
Furvik, Joel
Keywords
Flexicurity, flexibility, security, neo-liberal, keynesianistic, moderaterna, folkpartiet, centerpartiet, kristdemokraterna, socialdemokraterna, vänsterpartiet, miljöpartiet, sverigedemokraterna, labour market.
Language
swe