Governance and the European Social Dimension

Providing a comprehensive and authoritative analyses of the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the European social dimension since 2010, this book focuses on developments in five policy areas (employment, poverty and social exclusion, pensions, wages and healthcare), all of which form part of the EU's economic reform strategy, Europe 2020.

Autorentext

Paul Copeland is Senior Lecturer of Public Policy at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The Political Economy of the European Social Dimension 2. Governance in Advanced European Integration 3. EU Economic Governance and Europe 2020 4. Analysing the Politics of the European Semester 5. Explaining outcomes of the European Semester 6. The European Social Deficit. Conclusion