INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES Discussion paper Policy concertation in Europe: DP/168/2006 Explaining government choice Decent Work Research Programme Lucio Baccaro Marco Simoni P.O. Box 6 CH-1211 Geneva 22 Tel. 00 41 22 / 799 6128 Fax. 00 41 22 / 799 8542 E-mail:
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