The study aims to provide new information on the impact of new governance tools on the different actors of the European system of industrial relations – European institutions, governments and European social partners. Furthermore, it endeavours to: promote awareness and understanding of the...

During the last decade, and particularly in the last few years, the concepts of ‘civil dialogue’ and ‘civilsociety’ have found places in the discourses of the European institutions. The role of civil societyorganisations in ‘international governance structures’ has already been...

The scarce literature on the European Economic and Social Committee has mostly paid attention to its institutional position and any influence it may have. Contrary to such an output approach this article focuses on the input of the ESC, i.e. its representative role. It argues that the ESC was...