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 …

Can a learning-based mode of governance, specifically the Open Method of Coordination
(OMC), facilitate Europeanization? The argument is that, in policy areas where the Treaty …

This new book presents a clear conceptual framework for understanding the transfer of
policy ideas between EU states, together with an empirical study of regulatory change within …

Economic globalization, demographic ageing, and changing household/family structures
confront European employment and welfare regimes with new challenges. Hence national …

The open method of co‐ordination (OMC) can contribute to the co‐ordinated modernization
of the national systems of employment and social protection in Europe, if it is institutionalized …

The Lisbon Process, launched in 2000 and relaunched in 2005, revived the debate about
the existence of a European social model. This article argues that the Lisbon agenda …

This paper provides a critical analysis of the concepts of poverty and social exclusion in
three parts. First, it examines the relationship between poverty and social exclusion, a …

Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume
systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method …

The study of EU social policy highlights a number of issues especially well, among them the
unfolding institutionalisation of a social field in EU politics and policy, and the changing …

This article critically explores how a new form of European Union (EU) governance—the
open method of coordination (OMC)—impinges on education policies. The first part …