| The Europeanisation of Social Protection Contributor(s): Kvist, Jon (Editor), Saari, Juho (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847420206 ISBN-13: 9781847420206 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $130.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: This book addresses the most hotly debated issue in Europe today: will the European Union, through European integration and enlargement, undermine or secure social policy and welfare states? This is a unique, cutting edge study of how member states view policy developments at the EU level. Each chapter follows the same outline and focuses on 11 individual countries within the EU, but represents the whole of the New Europe with regard to size, years of membership, and enlargement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security |
| Dewey: 361.94 |
| Series: European Commission |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic. Through eleven country studies, the book reveals that EU-level developments increasingly interact with social protection in all countries - a remarkable transformation from ten years ago. Using the same thematic framework, the book systematically compares how Europeanisation of social protection differs across countries chosen to reflect increasing EU diversity. For each country, specialists in social protection evaluate the form and extent of Europeanisation, comparing national strategies with the European social model. They examine recent reforms and responses to EU initiatives, including the Lisbon strategy and the open method of coordination, the extension of the internal market to services, the Economic and Monetary Union and EU enlargement. Differences in Europeanisation reflect not only different political legacies but also different adjustment pressures in terms of national welfare regime and degree of competitiveness. Europeanisation of social protection brings together both new evidence and new perspectives, making it essential reading for everyone interested in the changing patterns of social policy in Europe. |
