The EU and the domestic politics of welfare statereforms: Europa, Europae

This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes. PAOLO GRAZIANO is Assistant Professor in the Department of Institutional Analysis and Public Management, Center for Comparative Political Studies - POLEIS, Università Bocconi, Italy. . SOPHIE JACQUOT is Researcher at the Centre d'études Européennes at Sciences Po, Paris, France. . BRUNO PALIER is Research Professor at the Centre d'études Européennes at Sciences Po, Paris, France. INDICE: Introduction: The Many Faces of Social Europe - Brief IntroductoryNote; 'P.R.Graziano, S.Jacquot '&' B.Palier - 'Europa, Europae: A Framework for Analysis; 'P.R.Graziano, S.Jacquot '&' B.Palier - 'Social Europe in Action:The Evolution of EU Policies and Resources; 'H.Caune, S.Jacquot '&' B.Palier - 'The EU and Czech Instrumentalism in Employment and Social Inclusion Strategy; 'T.Sirovátka - 'The EU and the French Welfare Reforms: between Denial, Boasting and Legitimation; 'H.Caune, S.Jacquot '&' B.Palier - 'The Reform-Laggard Germany: 'Using' the EU in Policy Reform Debates?; 'P.Aurich '&' A.Schüttpelz - 'Usages of 'Europe' in Welfare Policies in Greece, 1981-2010; 'D.Sotiropoulos - 'Eppur si Muoveva.. The Italian Trajectory of Recent Welfare Reforms: from'Rescued by Europe' to Euro-Skepticism; 'P.R.Graziano '&' M.Jessoula - 'The Activation Turn in the Netherlands: 'home'grown or Steered by Europe?; 'R.van Berkel '&' W.de Graaf - 'A Compass or a Spear? The Partisan Usage of Europe in Portuguese Employment-Friendly Reforms; 'S.Zartaloudis - 'Social Security Reform in Turkey: Different usages of Europe in Shaping the National Welfare Reform; 'C.Duyulmus - 'Sweden; the Reluctant Rule Follower; 'A.Vifell - 'Europeanization and Welfare State Change in the UK: Another Case of 'Fog over the Channel'?; 'J.Hopkin '&' C.van Wijnbergen - 'Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29643-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 15/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés