The EU and the Domestic Politics of Welfare State Reforms: Europa, Europae (Work and Welfare in Europe)
โ Scribed by Paolo Graziano, Sophie Jacquot, Bruno Palier
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 353
- Series
- Work and Welfare in Europe
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings.ย It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 16
RECWOWE Book Series: Work and Welfare in Europe......Page 17
Funding......Page 19
Introduction: The Usages of Europe in National Employment- friendly Welfare State Reforms......Page 20
1 Social Europe in Action: The Evolution of EU Policies and Resources......Page 38
2 Boasting the National Model: The EU and Welfare State Reforms in France......Page 67
3 Learning or Teaching? Germany and Its Complex Historical Relationship with the EU......Page 92
4 The Activation Turn in the Netherlands: โHomeโ- grown or Steered by Europe?......Page 115
5 Usages of โEuropeโ in Welfare Policies in Greece, 1981โ2010......Page 140
6 โEppur si muoveva ...โ The Italian Trajectory of Recent Welfare Reforms: From โRescued by Europeโ to Euro-scepticism......Page 167
7 A Compass or a Spear? The Partisan Usage of Europe in Portuguese Employment- friendly Reforms......Page 194
8 EU and Czech Instrumentalism in Employment and Social Inclusion Strategy......Page 220
9 Sweden: The Reluctant Rule Follower......Page 249
10 Europeanization and Welfare State Change in the UK: Another Case ofโ Fog over the Channelโ?......Page 273
11 Social Security Reform in Turkey: Different Usages of Europe in Shaping the National Welfare Reform......Page 299
Conclusion: Europa, Europae: The Many Faces of Social Europe......Page 335
Index......Page 344
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