This contribution analyses how EU social objectives and policy co-ordination have been
integrated into the Union's post-crisis governance architecture. It argues that between 2011 …

This article reconstructs the role of European Commission President's political
entrepreneurship in the further socialisation of the European Semester. Firstly, it analyses …

The European Union (EU)–and its Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in particular–is
often criticized as a predominantly market-oriented project. We analyse to what extent such …

Has the European Semester led to a displacement of Social Europe, or to the development
of social policy through fiscal processes and actors?–Potential for Semester to increase soft …

I SKILL (Industrial Relations to Kick-Start Inclusive Adult Learning) is a project that
investigates how industrial relations and social dialogue may contribute to the advancement …

This article discusses the impact that the reforms of the European Union's economic
governance since 2011 have had on the European Commission's role as a policy …

This article explores the role of a hitherto under‐researched set of actors–European social
partners–in shaping the EU's gender equality policies and the conditions in which these …

The notion of ownership is well known in relation to global governance. In the realm of EU
macro‐economic coordination, it has become a buzzword since the revamping process of …

European Union (EU) fiscal governance, especially the European Semester, is an ambitious
new governance architecture involving surveillance and discipline, across both Eurozone …

ABSTRACT EU governance is experiencing a shift towards soft governance frameworks that
incorporate 'harder'elements. Using a qualitative case study approach and an original set of …