Is the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) an effective and legitimate tool in European social policy-making? Milena B??chs analyses the goals and instruments of the OMC, discusses approaches which theorize its functioning, examines its policy content and develops a framework for its evaluation. Throu
New Governance in European Social Policy: The Open Method of Coordination
β Scribed by Milena BΓΌchs (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 216
- Series
- Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: New Governance and the Dilemma of European Union Social Policy....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Conceptualizing the OMC....Pages 19-38
The βThird Wayβ in European Social Policy....Pages 39-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Institutions and Actors....Pages 59-71
The European Employment Strategy in Germany and the United Kingdom....Pages 72-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Effectiveness....Pages 97-129
Legitimacy....Pages 130-151
Conclusion....Pages 152-160
Back Matter....Pages 161-206
β¦ Subjects
European Union Politics; Political Science; International Relations; Social Policy; Social Policy
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