1st Edition

Implementing Social Europe in Times of Crises Re-established Boundaries of Welfare?

Edited By Dorte Martinsen, Hans Vollaard Copyright 2015
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

While the EU legitimacy crisis and the Great Recession prevail, certain European Union principles and policies have to be implemented in the member states. This volume explores the diverse processes, stages and subjects of implementation in a variety of social policies to identify different institutional dynamics and actor behaviours at play. The individual contributions examine the transposition... Read more

1. Implementing Social Europe in Times of Crises: Re-established Boundaries of Welfare?

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Hans Vollaard

2. Transposition and National Level Resources – Introducing the Cross Border Health Care Directive in Eastern Europe

Nikolay Vasev and Karsten Vrangbæk

3. Bounded Rationality in Transposition Processes: The Case of the European Patients’ Rights Directive

Hans Vollaard and Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

4. Altered Europeanization of pension reform in the context of the Great Recession? Denmark and Italy compared

Caroline De la Porte and David Natali

5. Clawing Back Lost Powers? Parliamentary Scrutiny over the Transposition of EU Social Policy Directives in the Netherlands

Ellen Mastenbroek, Aneta Spendzharova and Esther Versluis

6. Judicial Europeanization: The case of Zambrano in Ireland

Susanne K. Schmidt

7. Europeanization with Many Unknowns: National Company Law Reforms after Centros

Michael Blauberger and Rike Krämer

8. Enforcing Social Europe through Labour Inspectorates: Changes in Capacity and Cooperation across Europe

Miriam Hartlapp

9. Social Europe and its components in the midst of crisis: A Conclusion

Maurizio Ferrera

Biography

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen is Professor with special responsibilities in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on EU welfare policies and investigating integration and national implementation of EU social policies, including health care.

Hans Vollaard is Lecturer in Dutch and European politics at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests include Euro-scepticism in The Netherlands, European disintegration, European health policies, and Christianity in Dutch politics.