1st Edition

Governance and the European Social Dimension Politics, Power and the Social Deficit in a Post-2010 EU

By Paul Copeland Copyright 2020
224 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Providing a comprehensive and authoritative analyses of the impact of the Eurozone crisis on the European social dimension since 2010 - understood as the European Union’s (EU) competence in employment and social policy - this book focusses on developments in five policy areas (employment, poverty and social exclusion, pensions, wages and healthcare), all of which form part of the EU’s... Read more

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

Biography

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