The European Semester and EU Social Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7876476 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Copeland (0000-0001-9767-8210, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Mary E Daly (0000-0003-0278-3232, University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1001-1018 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.12703 |
| OpenAlex | W2789512189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 63 |
| References cited | 24 |
Europe 2020 and the European Semester signal a major change of direction in EU social policy with new governance arrangements, policy orientations and politics. This paper analyses 290 Country Specific Recommendations and 29 interviews to answer two questions: 1) What type of social policy is being advanced by the EU at present? 2) How are EU social actors able to advance EU social policy under current conditions? It argues that the degree of progress in EU social policy in the European Semester (2011–15) has been conditional and contingent. EU social policy is more oriented to supporting market development than it is to correcting for market failures. We explain these developments by a combination of factors including the strong agency exerted by some social actors in a context of constraint, the moderation of expectations and the adoption of strategic practices by key actors, and political divisions among the Member States
Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European social model · European union · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Public Administration · Regional Development and Policy · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The emergence of a New European Labour Policy regime
Politicising Commodification
Towards a Socialization of the EU's New Economic Governance Regime? EU Labour Policy Interventions in Germany, Ireland, Italy and Romania (2009–2019)
The EU social turn in words and deeds
Social dialogue in defining the European Union economic and social strategy
Governing through consensus? The European Semester, soft power and education governance in the EU
Is the EU steering national social and health policy making? A case-study on Finland's national reform
The European Semester as a Policy Instrument in Education—The Cases of Spain and Sweden
A failed insurrection? An institutional analysis of the creation of the European Union Social Convergence Framework
The European Commission’s ideas on integrating underrepresented groups into the labour market
Gender blindness in the ‘Next Generation European Union’ funds
New Tensions over Social Europe? The European Pillar of Social Rights and the Debate within the European Parliament
Back to the Future in EU Social Policy? Endogenous Critical Junctures and the Case of the European Pillar of Social Rights
Shaping the prospects for adequate pensions
European Social Policy
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester
When did the austerity era of European crisis management end? On the failure of National competitiveness boards
Measuring Economic Reform Recommendations under the European Semester
The progressive gendering of the European Union’s economic governance architecture
Looking for the ‘Social’ in the European Semester
Socialising the European Semester? The limited influence of Danish social partners on EU policymaking
The politics of the EU eco-social policies
Le semestre européen, un outil d’intégration ou de fragmentation
Global benchmarking
The Implications of the Departure of the UK for EU Social Policy
The European Commission’s entrepreneurship and the social dimension of the European Semester
What “Brussels” means by structural reforms
Driving the EU working conditions directive
Constructing social Europe through European cultural heritage
The Political Economy of Policy Vacuums
European Union economic policy on social reproduction – Differentiating between Central-Eastern Europe and the West
Converging on social investment? Policy entrepreneurship, learning and the social dimension of post-pandemic EU economic governance
Beyond the European Semester
The post-socialist neoliberal agenda through the prism of Europeanization in social and labour market policy
Negotiating implementation of EU fiscal governance
Economic and fiscal policy coordination after the crisis
The depoliticisation of education
The Social Dimension of the European Union
Youth and adult learning for the green transition in Italy and Portugal
The European Commission as a Social Advocate? Dissensus Over RRF Conditionality and Redistributive Reforms in the Neoliberal Baltics
Can the EU Move ‘Beyond GDP’
European Solidarity Takes the Field
La gobernanza social en la UE a través de una década de funcionamiento del Semestre Europeo
It would have slowed down the work’ – the challenges of gender sensitive economic policy
Hardening and softening of country-specific recommendations in the European Semester
Dismantling labour markets from above
Social Europe and its limits
The end of social Europe? Understanding EU social policy change
Dead Ends and Blind Spots in the European Semester
Gender and Crises in European Economic Governance
The European Semester in the North and in the South
Between Ideology and Nationality
Money Makes the World Go Round
Supranational redistribution and support for European integration
Un-solvable crises? Differential implementation and transboundary crisis management in the EU
Europe in the Postgrowth Era
The EU's Socioeconomic Governance 10 Years after the Crisis
Accountability in the EU's para‐regulatory state
Unemployment Benefits in the EU
European Social Partners as Gender Equality Actors in EU Social and Economic Governance
Editing ‘Europe
Reconsidering the drivers of country-specific recommendations
Pursuing an overarching commodification script through country-specific interventions? The EU's New Economic Governance prescriptions in healthcare (2009-2019)
New Modes of Governance in Europe
Hard and Soft Law in the Construction of Social Europe
Social Policy in the European Union
Paradigms in EU social policy
Neo‐Voluntarism
Changing European Employment and Welfare Regimes
Social Policy in the European Union
Sociology of the European Union
The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
What use is ‘social investment’
Varieties of poverty reduction
Europe 2020 and the Fight against Poverty – Beyond Competence Clash, Towards ‘Hybrid’ Governance Solutions
The study of the European community
Two Decades of Change in Europe
Socializing the European Semester
Commission Entrepreneurship and the Debasing of Social Europe Before and After the Eurocrisis
Exploring Governance in a Multi-Level Polity
What's at stake in the agent-structure debate
The agent-structure problem in international relations theory
European integration in crisis? Of supranational integration, hegemonic projects and domestic politics
Techniques to Identify Themes
| Unique citing works | 63 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 63 |