Steven Ballantyne
Biographic Data
| ID | 6179973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Ballantyne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballantyne |
| SIGNATURE | BALLANTYNE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0953-5557 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Implementing inclusive (I)VET
Vocational education and training (VET) provides skills to young people at risk of social exclusion and efficiently integrates them into labour markets. In addition to structural-institutional factors identified in the field of comparative political economy, this article illustrates that the success of the social inclusion function of VET depends on policy design and implementation. The article analyses the potential of initial VET (IVET) to cont…
Constrained divergence in multi-level systems
This article introduces the concept of ‘constrained divergence’ to examine how nationally bounded welfare regimes and growth models limit subnational policy divergence despite a clear intention to achieve policy outcomes different from those at the centre. We illustrate the concept through the example of skill formation in the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales within the welfare regime and growth model of the United Kingdom. We find signific…
Questioning National Averages and Explaining Subnational Variation in Early Childhood Education and Care Provision in Spain
Published online: 09 January 2025
Spaces of subsidiarity
Cohesion Policy—the European Union's (EU) policy platform for regional and local development—represents a major yet often neglected instance of Social Europe. In this article we inquire into the delivery of Cohesion Policy projects concerned with social policy objectives. Specifically, we ask: how are these projects delivered? Building on the literature of subsidiarisation in social policy, we theorise that the interaction of two processes—vertic…
Spaces of subsidiarity
Cohesion Policy—the European Union's (EU) policy platform for regional and local development—represents a major yet often neglected instance of Social Europe. In this article we inquire into the delivery of Cohesion Policy projects concerned with social policy objectives. Specifically, we ask: how are these projects delivered? Building on the literature of subsidiarisation in social policy, we theorise that the interaction of two processes—vertic…
Spaces of subsidiarity
Cohesion Policy—the European Union's (EU) policy platform for regional and local development—represents a major yet often neglected instance of Social Europe. In this article we inquire into the delivery of Cohesion Policy projects concerned with social policy objectives. Specifically, we ask: how are these projects delivered? Building on the literature of subsidiarisation in social policy, we theorise that the interaction of two processes—vertic…
Questioning National Averages and Explaining Subnational Variation in Early Childhood Education and Care Provision in Spain
Published online: 09 January 2025
Implementing inclusive (I)VET
Vocational education and training (VET) provides skills to young people at risk of social exclusion and efficiently integrates them into labour markets. In addition to structural-institutional factors identified in the field of comparative political economy, this article illustrates that the success of the social inclusion function of VET depends on policy design and implementation. The article analyses the potential of initial VET (IVET) to cont…
Constrained divergence in multi-level systems
This article introduces the concept of ‘constrained divergence’ to examine how nationally bounded welfare regimes and growth models limit subnational policy divergence despite a clear intention to achieve policy outcomes different from those at the centre. We illustrate the concept through the example of skill formation in the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales within the welfare regime and growth model of the United Kingdom. We find signific…
Economics (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 works) · Cohesion (chemistry (1 work) · Corporate governance (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Development economics (1 work) · Early childhood education (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work)