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Toward a European Social Policy-At Last?

par Palier, Bruno;Pochet, Philippe
Référence The State of the European Union Vol. 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective, Oxford University Press
Publication Publié, 2006-02

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Résumé :

The achievements in European social policy are generally considered weak at best. The European Union's apparent liberal and supply-side bias lends credence to the idea of a convergence towards the 'hegemonic American model'. Yet employment policies and social protection policies have been formally included in European competencies under a specific procedure, the 'Open Method of Coordination'. The unintended consequence of European economic and monetary integration is that different European organizations now compete for competence in the growing EU social field. This leads to considerable innovation in policy orientation and practices.