Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes : The Influence of the Open Method of Coordination on National Reforms

by Heidenreich, Martin; Zeitlin, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780203878873
• ISBN10: 0203878876
• Copyright: 2009-05-05
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book examines how national labour market and social welfare policies have been influenced by the European Employment Strategy and the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) processes on Social Protection/Inclusion.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Open Method of Coordination: A Pathway to the Gradual Transformation of National Employment and Welfare Regimes?

Neither Convergence nor Frozen Paths: Bounded Learning, International Diffusion of Reforms, and the Open Method of Coordination

Unemployment Protection Reform in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and the UK: Policy Learning through Open Coordination?

The Open Method of Coordination and National Social Policy Reforms in Belgium and France: Window Dressing, One-Way Impact, or Reciprocal Influence?

Joining the European Employment Strategy: Europeanization of Employment Policy Making in the Baltic States

Europeanization? The Differential Influence of the European Employment Strategy in Belgium, Spain, and Sweden

North, South, East, West: The Implementation of the European Employment Strategy in Denmark, the UK, Spain, and Poland

The Micro-Politics of the Open Method of Coordination: NGOs and the Social Inclusion Process in Sweden

Europeanization of Domestic Employment and Welfare Regimes: The German, Italian, and French Experiences

The Open Method of Coordination and Reform of National Social and Employment Policies: Influences, Mechanisms, Effects

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