Theories of European integration are relevant for understanding the development of the
OMC, given the role of Member States and European institutions in this process. The …

This article argues that the 'nature of the EU beast'is neither unique nor captured by a
particular type of governance. Like its Member States, the EU features a combination of …

The dynamic and complex system of European Union policymaking is analysed in this new
edition of a much-praised textbook. It offers the most integrated understanding of EU policy …

This article examines the career of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a policy
instrument. Looking at the European Employment Strategy and the Lisbon Agenda, it shows …

In theory, lower-level governments (provinces, regional governments, or member states)
operating in multilevel systems within and beyond the nation-state can choose from a wide …

The institutions of the highly organized welfare state gives an indication of how many
national ties need to be complemented by corresponding international ties in order to …

The aim of this concluding chapter is to draw evidence from both the empirical and
theoretical chapters of the volume and to analyse the Lisbon Strategy in terms of its key …

This book takes an in-depth look into recent developments in European social democracy. It
begins by highlighting the somewhat paradoxical turn by a number of social democratic …

Analysing selected European Commission and Council documents, this article identifies the
changes and enduring features of the EU social policy discourse and investigates their …

The aim of this new ETUI Working paper is to identify the changes and enduring features of
EU political/policy discourse and to seek to explain them by tentatively relating them to …