Research Catalog

Title

The open method of co-ordination in action : the European employment and social inclusion strategies / Jonathan Zeitlin & Philippe Pochet (eds.), with Lars Magnusson.

Publication

Bruxelles ; New York : P.I.E.-Peter Lang, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Zeitlin, Jonathan
• Pochet, Philippe
• Magnusson, Lars, 1952-
• SALTSA (Program)
• Observatoire social européen (Brussels, Belgium)

Description

511 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

The contributors in this volume examine the practical operations, at national and subnational levels, of the European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies, which are the most important examples of the Open Method of Co-ordination as a new instrument of EU governance.

Series Statement

Work & society, 1376-0955 ; no. 49

Uniform Title

Work & society (Brussels, Belgium) 49.

Subject

• Manpower policy > European Union countries
• European Union countries > Economic policy

Genre/Form

Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)

Note

• "SALTSA--Joint Programme for Working Life Research in Europe; Observatoire social européen."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by Lars MAGNUSSON -- INTRODUCTION -- The Open Method of Co-ordination in Question / Jonathan ZEITLIN -- PART I -- THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS -- CHAPTER 1 -- The Open Method of Co-ordination and the Construction of Social Europe. A Historical Perspective / Philippe POCHET -- CHAPTER 2 -- The Open Method of Co-ordination and the Debate over "Hard" and "Soft" Law / David M. TRUBEK & Louise G. TRUBEK -- PART II -- NATIONAL STUDIES -- CHAPTER 3 -- Trying to Reform the "Best Pupils in the Class"? The Open Method of Co-ordination in Sweden and Denmark / Kerstin JACOBSSON -- CHAPTER 4 -- The Open Method of Co-ordination and National Institutional Capabilities. The Italian Experience / Maurizio FERRERA & Stefano SACCHI -- CHAPTER 5 -- The OMC as Selective Amplifier for National Strategies of Reform. What the Netherlands Want to Learn from Europe / Jelle VISSER -- CHAPTER 6 -- The Leverage Effect. The Open Method of Co-ordination in France / Christine ERHEL, Lou MANDIN & Bruno PALIER -- CHAPTER 7 -- Surface Integration. The National Action Plans for Employment and Social Inclusion in Germany / Milena BUCHS & Dawid FRIEDRICH -- CHAPTER 8 -- How Open is the United Kingdom to the OMC Process on Social Inclusion? / Kenneth A. ARMSTRONG -- CHAPTER 9 -- Ireland: The Very Idea of an Open Method of Co-ordination ... / Rory O'DONNELL & Brian MOSS -- PART III -- COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS -- CHAPTER 10 Participation in the Open Method of Co-ordination. The Cases of Employment and Social Inclusion / Caroline DE LA PORTE & Philippe POCHET -- CHAPTER 11 -- Gender Mainstreaming and the OMC. Is the Open Method Too Open for Gender Equality Policy? / Jill RuBERY -- CHAPTER 12 -- The European Employment Strategy, a Channel for Activating Social Protection? / Jean-Claude BARBIER -- CONCLUSION -- The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action. Theoretical Promise, Empirical Realities, Reform Strategy / Jonathan ZEITLIN -- Notes on the Contributors

ISBN

• 082046645X (US : alk. paper)
• 9052012806

LCCN

^^2005048891

OCLC

• 60558888
• SCSB-10427660

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library