基本説明
Compares national social models in welfare reforms together with developments in the countries' views of EU initiatives and issues.
Full Description
This book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic. Through eleven country studies, the book reveals that EU-level developments increasingly interact with social protection in all countries - a remarkable transformation from ten years ago.
Using the same thematic framework, the book systematically compares how Europeanisation of social protection differs across countries chosen to reflect increasing EU diversity. For each country, specialists in social protection evaluate the form and extent of Europeanisation, comparing national strategies with the European social model. They examine recent reforms and responses to EU initiatives, including the Lisbon strategy and the open method of coordination, the extension of the internal market to services, the Economic and Monetary Union and EU enlargement.
Differences in Europeanisation reflect not only different political legacies but also different adjustment pressures in terms of national welfare regime and degree of competitiveness. "Europeanisation of social protection" brings together both new evidence and new perspectives, making it essential reading for everyone interested in the changing patterns of social policy in Europe.
Contents
European Union developments and national social protection ‾ Juho Saari and Jon Kvist; Germany: moving towards Europe but putting national autonomy first ‾ Milena Büchs and Karl Hinrichs; The United Kingdom: more an economic than a social European ‾ Julian Le Grand, Elias Mossialos and Morgan Long; France: defending our model ‾ Bruno Palier and Luana Petrescu; Italy: between indifference, exploitation and the construction of a national interest ‾ Stefano Sacchi; Poland: redefining social policies ‾ Irena Wóycicka and Maciej Grabowski; Spain: starting from periphery, becoming centre ‾ Ana Guillén; The Czech Republic: tradition compatible with modernisation? ‾ Martin Potucek; Finland: towards more proactive policies ‾ Juho Saari and Olli Kangas; The Netherlands: social and economic normalisation in an era of European Union controversy ‾ Anton Hemerijck and Peter Sleegers; Denmark: From foot dragging to pace setting in European Union social policy ‾ Jon Kvist; Greece: the quest for national welfare expansion through more social Europe ‾ Theodoros Sakellaropoulos; The Europeanisation of social protection: domestic impact and national responses ‾ Jon Kvist and Juho Saari; Seeking a new balance ‾ Juho Saari and Kari Välimäki.
