This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.

"The reversal of the frequently adopted top-down approach to the study of the impact of Europe on domestic policy change represents the main strength of the book, which deserves its prominent place within the Europeanization literature." - Journal of Common Market Studies

Autorentext
PATRIZIA AURICH is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Globalisation and Governance, University of Hamburg, Germany RIK VAN BERKEL is Associate Professor at the School of Governance of Utrecht University, the Netherlands HÉLÈNE CAUNE is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po), Centre for European Studies, France CEM DUYULMUS is a Research Assistant and Research Chair in Citizenship and Governance, Department of Political Science, University of Montreal, Canada WILLIBRORD DE GRAAF is Associate Professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands JONATHAN HOPKIN is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, London School of Economics, UK MATTEO JESSOULA is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Political Studies of the University of Milan, Italy ANNE SCHÜTTPELZ is a Political Scientist and works at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Family of the state of Brandenburg, Germany DIMITRI A. SOTIROPOULOS is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens and Research Associate of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy Studies (ELIAMEP, Athens), Greece ASA CASULA VIFELL is a Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Stockholm and at Södertöm University, Sweden CHRISTA VAN WIJNBERGEN is a Research Fellow in the European Institute at theLondon School of Economics and Political Science, UK SOTIRIOS ZARTALOUDIS is a PhD Candidate at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Inhalt
Introduction: The Many Faces of Social Europe - Brief Introductory Note; P.R.Graziano, S.Jacquot & B.Palier Europa, Europae: A Framework for Analysis; P.R.Graziano, S.Jacquot & B.Palier Social Europe in Action: The Evolution of EU Policies and Resources; H.Caune, S.Jacquot & B.Palier The EU and Czech Instrumentalism in Employment and Social Inclusion Strategy; T.Sirovatka The EU and the French Welfare Reforms: between Denial, Boasting and Legitimation; H.Caune, S.Jacquot & B.Palier The Reform-Laggard Germany: 'Using' the EU in Policy Reform Debates?; P.Aurich & A.Schuttpelz Usages of 'Europe' in Welfare Policies in Greece, 1981-2010; D.Sotiropoulos Eppur si Muoveva...The Italian Trajectory of Recent Welfare Reforms: from 'Rescued by Europe' to Euro-Skepticism; P.R.Graziano & M.Jessoula The Activation Turn in the Netherlands: 'home'grown or Steered by Europe?; R.van Berkel & W.de Graaf A Compass or a Spear? The Partisan Usage of Europe in Portuguese Employment-Friendly Reforms; S.Zartaloudis Social Security Reform in Turkey: Different usages of Europe in Shaping the National Welfare Reform; C.Duyulmus Sweden; the Reluctant Rule Follower; A.Vifell Europeanization and Welfare State Change in the UK: Another Case of 'Fog over the Channel'?; J.Hopkin & C.van Wijnbergen Conclusion