The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms: Europa, Europae

✍ Scribed by Paolo R. Graziano, Sophie Jacquot, Bruno Palier (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 352
Series: Work and Welfare in Europe
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: The Usages of Europe in National Employment- friendly Welfare State Reforms....Pages 1-18
Social Europe in Action: The Evolution of EU Policies and Resources....Pages 19-47
Boasting the National Model: The EU and Welfare State Reforms in France....Pages 48-72
Learning or Teaching? Germany and Its Complex Historical Relationship with the EU....Pages 73-95
The Activation Turn in the Netherlands: ‘Home’-grown or Steered by Europe?....Pages 96-120
Usages of ‘Europe’ in Welfare Policies in Greece, 1981–2010....Pages 121-147
‘Eppur si muoveva…’ The Italian Trajectory of Recent Welfare Reforms: From ‘Rescued by Europe’ to Euro-scepticism....Pages 148-174
A Compass or a Spear? The Partisan Usage of Europe in Portuguese Employment- friendly Reforms....Pages 175-200
EU and Czech Instrumentalism in Employment and Social Inclusion Strategy....Pages 201-229
Sweden: The Reluctant Rule Follower....Pages 230-253
Europeanization and Welfare State Change in the UK: Another Case of ‘Fog over the Channel’?....Pages 254-279
Social Security Reform in Turkey: Different Usages of Europe in Shaping the National Welfare Reform....Pages 280-315
Conclusion: Europa, Europae: The Many Faces of Social Europe....Pages 316-324
Back Matter....Pages 325-333

✦ Subjects

Politics of the Welfare State; Sociology of Work; Comparative Politics; European Union Politics; Social Care; Sociology, general

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