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Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe

Author : Yuri Kazepov
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351904035
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe by : Yuri Kazepov

Download or read book Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe written by Yuri Kazepov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic studies assessing the effects of changing divisions of power for policy-making have been carried out. This volume offers an assessment of the workings of multi-level governance in terms of social welfare policy across different clusters of European states -- Nordic, Southern European, Central and East European. This book reports on a major comparative study at the European Centre for Social Welfare policy and Research, which included partners from univerisities in Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. It reports on three particular policy areas: social assistance and local policies against poverty; activation and labour market policies; and care for the elderly. The authors describe different starting points, strategies and solutions in European countries which are facing similar challenges and could thus learn from each other. They explore the differences between European welfare regimes in terms of territorial responsibilities, the changes that have taken place over the past few years and their effects. The book is distinctive in highlighting comparative transversal and transnational issues of multi-level governance in social welfare policies, rather than presenting country reports.

Multi-Level Governance and European Integration

Author : Liesbet Hooghe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585381666
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)

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Book Synopsis Multi-Level Governance and European Integration by : Liesbet Hooghe

Download or read book Multi-Level Governance and European Integration written by Liesbet Hooghe and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European politics has been reshaped in recent decades by a dual process of centralization and decentralization. At the same time that authority in many policy areas has shifted to the suprantional level of the European Union, so national governments have given subnational regions within countries more say over the lives of their citizens. At the forefront of scholars who characterize this dual process as Omulti-level governance,OLiesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks argue that its emergence in the second half of the twentieth century is a watershed in the political development of Europe. Hooghe and Marks explain why multi-level governance has taken place and how it shapes conflict in national and European political arenas. Drawing on a rich body of original research, the book is at the same time written in a clear and accessible style for undergraduates and non-experts.

Employment Policies and Multilevel Governance

Author : Roger Blanpain
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041144714
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Employment Policies and Multilevel Governance by : Roger Blanpain

Download or read book Employment Policies and Multilevel Governance written by Roger Blanpain and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Europe, work has long been a symbol of full citizenship and today work is a fundamental goal of European social policy. However, although every person has the ‘right’ to work, it is becoming clearer all the time that unemployment is not due merely to a lack of encouragement to exercise this right, but (at least in part) to some deeper defects in the implementation of effective employment policies. As a contribution to defining the nature of these problems this important collection of essays targets the phenomena of multilevel governance, both vertical (European, national, regional, local) and horizontal (administrative institutions, trade unions, business representatives, NGOs), showing, with detailed analysis and data, how coordination or conflict between the various levels advances, or fails to advance, the goals of employment policy. Regarding the EU, five EU Member States are examined– plus, for comparative analysis, the parallel Canadian federal model – with the authors addressing such concrete issues as: the impact of globalisation and Europeanisation on employment policies; distribution of tasks in the Open Method of Coordination (OMC); involvement of private and economic agents; the increasing significance of international political agents; flexicurity as an employment strategy; the difficulty of integrating the excluded; coordination with education and fiscal policies; social inclusion from the point of view of international human rights; and gender ‘mainstreaming’ as a weakening of the EU guarantee of gender equality. The essays originated in a research meeting held at the Instituto Internacional de Sociología Jurídica at Oñati (Spain) in June of 2007. Some of the contributors, all employment law experts, discuss problematic aspects of the European Employment Strategy (EES) and its influence on the decentralization of employment policies and related elements of social protection. Other authors concentrate on ‘built-in’ multilevel problems resulting from existing constitutional and administrative structures, while a third group focuses on substantive approaches to employment policies within individual member states. The Bulletin contains updated versions of all papers. In this book the degree of administrative, legal, political, and cultural intricacy involved in a serious engagement with multilevel governance of employment on the European model is put on full view. As a deeply informed analysis of how the idea of multilevel governance has played out within the political and administrative reality of Member States, the book will prove of enormous value to labour and employment law professionals anywhere, as the problems identified here have a global reach.

Europeanization and Multilevel Governance

Author : Ian Bache
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742541337
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (413 download)

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Book Synopsis Europeanization and Multilevel Governance by : Ian Bache

Download or read book Europeanization and Multilevel Governance written by Ian Bache and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europeanization has become a major theme within European studies in recent years, emphasizing the domestic effects of the EU on its member and applicant states. At the same time, multilevel governance has emerged as an important concept, highlighting shifts both in horizontal relations between state and society and in vertical links between actors at different territorial levels. In this state-of-the-art study, Ian Bache traces the relationship between these two key elements, considering the extent to which Europeanization advances multilevel governance within member states through the requirements of EU cohesion policy. Bache focuses especially on Britain, a member state whose political system has been increasingly characterized by multilevel governance since it became an EU member. Comparing Britain's case to that of ten other member states, the author distinguishes between the EU's effects in simple polities--in which voice, influence, and power are diffused through multiple levels and modes of governance--and in compound polities, where voice, influence, and power are more concentrated. Bringing together the conceptual tools of multilevel governance and policy networks and developing a framework for using these tools together in future research, this clearly written study will be valuable for scholars and students of EU and British politics.

The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe

Author : Willibrord de Graaf
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230306713
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe by : Willibrord de Graaf

Download or read book The Governance of Active Welfare States in Europe written by Willibrord de Graaf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last decade, many European countries introduced extensive reforms to the way that income protection and activation programmes for the unemployed are implemented and delivered. This book analyzes and compares these reforms in nine European countries, focusing on the reforms programmes themselves, as well as on their effects.

From Policy to Implementation in the European Union

Author : Simona Milio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857718541
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Book Synopsis From Policy to Implementation in the European Union by : Simona Milio

Download or read book From Policy to Implementation in the European Union written by Simona Milio and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has become apparent that a clear gap exists between European Union (EU) level policymaking and Member State implementation. Previous research has neglected to fully define factors that encourage or prevent implementation processes and instead focused on upstream decision making processes or downstream effects of policy. Simona Milio here proposes a shift in analytical focus towards policy-implementation since this constitutes a crucial common pathway that determines whether a policy actually becomes effective or not. EU implementation deficits appear to be influenced by problems related to the multi-level structure of European policy making. Successful implementation will only occur if relevant policy actors at national and sub-national levels are persuaded to co-operate with EU policy goals. Furthermore, this co-operation is not possible unless all parties manage the complex policy networks and implementation regimes responsible for putting European policies into force. Within this framework, this book answers three important questions: 1 Is the EU multi-level governance system weakening the implementation of policies? 2 Are national and sub-national governments capable of dealing with the challenges imposed by multi-level governance? 3 Which factors account for differences in implementation performance among Member States? In order to answer these questions, Simona Milio's research explores the influence of two variables on implementation processes: Administrative Capacity and Political Stability. Cohesion Policy is chosen as the focus of this study since it has demonstrated a dramatically different implementation pace among EU Member States over the past 20 years. Three EU Member States are chosen to test the hypothesis. Italy appears to be a pertinent example, given its constant struggle to conform to EU directives and to implement Cohesion Policy. Spain is chosen since, in contrast to the Italian scenario, it represents the best performing Member State in terms of implementation. Finally Poland is studied, as a case where a shift from centralization towards decentralization has occurred in order to implement Cohesion Policy and integrate the multi-level governance system.

Handbook of European Social Policy

Author : Patricia Kennett
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178347646X
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of European Social Policy by : Patricia Kennett

Download or read book Handbook of European Social Policy written by Patricia Kennett and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook will comprise of 29 original pieces from key contributors to the field of European social policy. It is intended to capture the ‘state of the art’ in European social policy and to generate and contribute to debates on the the future of European social policy in the 21st Century. It will be a comprehensive and authoritative resource for research and teaching covering themes and policy areas including social exclusion, pensions, education, children and family, as well as mobility and migration, multiculturalism, and climate change.

Handbook on Urban Social Policies

Author : Kazepov, Yuri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788116151
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook on Urban Social Policies by : Kazepov, Yuri

Download or read book Handbook on Urban Social Policies written by Kazepov, Yuri and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-22 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context, and bridges the gap in research.

Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe

Author : Martin Heidenreich
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783474920
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe by : Martin Heidenreich

Download or read book Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe written by Martin Heidenreich and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A central goal of European activation policies is to provide coherent and actively inclusive employment and social services. This book offers new insights on the effective governance and implementation of such policies. Utilizing empirical studies from six European welfare states, expert contributors explore how different institutional contexts influence localized service delivery and how local authorities deal with the associated coordination challenges. Acknowledging that neither decentralization nor provider networks necessarily prevent fragmented service provision, Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice illustrate that an understanding of the European budgetary context, as well as individual network brokerage, is vital for a successful integration of employment and social policies at the local level. Timely and engaging, this innovative book will provide new theoretical perspectives and invaluable empirical materials for academics and students in the field of comparative social policy. Policy makers and officials will also appreciate the editors’ practical approach.

Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities

Author : Dagmar Kutsar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319161636
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities by : Dagmar Kutsar

Download or read book Local Welfare Policy Making in European Cities written by Dagmar Kutsar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how EU welfare policies are implemented at the local level in 11 European cities and how local policy making addresses women’s care responsibilities. The book studies the complex combination of and the relationships between local political processes, policies, institutions, structural conditions and outputs, as well as outcomes for the women’s labour market integration. It demonstrates how cultural settings and multi-level governance patterns form the “playground” for local policy makers to formulate their welfare policies concerning service provision. The book further demonstrates how local production systems and the situation of the local labour market influence the prospects that women have in working and caring. EU welfare policy promotes the labour market integration of women as well as gender equality. The provision of adequate care services is vital in supporting women’s employment. Within comparative welfare research, the focus has been on the national welfare systems and policies even if care services are overwhelmingly provided by local authorities that in many EU member states enjoy considerable autonomy. This book fills the gap in understanding local welfare policy making from a comparative perspective.

Minimum Income Protection in Flux

Author : I. Marx
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137291842
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Book Synopsis Minimum Income Protection in Flux by : I. Marx

Download or read book Minimum Income Protection in Flux written by I. Marx and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they are excluded from work, working, retired, or having children? Drawing on in-depth and up-to-date institutional data from across Europe and the US, this volume details the reality of minimum income protection policies over time. Including contributions from leading scholars in the field, each chapter provides a systematic cross-national analysis of minimum income protection policies, developing concrete policy guidance on an issue at the heart of the European debate.

Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America

Author : Andrea C. Bianculli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137490357
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America by : Andrea C. Bianculli

Download or read book Regional Organizations and Social Policy in Europe and Latin America written by Andrea C. Bianculli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors assess to what extent regional organizations in Europe and Latin America provide a space for the regulation and provision of social policies in the area of social protection, higher education and health. They analyse the impact of regional organizations on social citizenship following political struggle and contestation.

Regional Governance in the EU

Author : Gabriele Abels
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788978625
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Book Synopsis Regional Governance in the EU by : Gabriele Abels

Download or read book Regional Governance in the EU written by Gabriele Abels and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of regions in the European Union has been frequently debated since the 1980s. This comprehensive book provides a thorough overview of the issue from a variety of perspectives, analysing regional governance and territorial dynamics in the EU and its member states. Focusing on the implications of the democratisation–regionalisation nexus, it argues that a ‘Europe with the regions’ may promote good governance and ameliorate the democratic deficits of the EU.

The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy

Author : Karen J. Baehler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019091632X
Total Pages : 1065 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy by : Karen J. Baehler

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy written by Karen J. Baehler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 1065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public administration plays an integral role at every stage of social policy creation and execution. Program operators' management decisions shape policymakers' perceptions of what can and should be accomplished through social programs, while public administrators wield considerable power to mobilize tangible and intangible resources and fill gaps in policy designs. Furthermore, the cumulative effects of public administrators' daily activities directly influence outcomes for program participants, and may shift policy itself. Location also matters to social policy, as those same administrators are expected to innovate continuously in response to shifting local and national conditions, including changes in budgetary allocations, client needs and capacities, and public attitudes. This Handbook will aim to capture what is being learned across six geographical regions: Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. and Canada. Specifically, each regional section will contain 6-10 chapters canvassing a particular set of promising practices or emerging challenges at the regional or sub-regional level, in addition to a brief overview written by the section editor. The regional sections will be flanked by integrative chapters. As a whole, the volume contains 65 chapters.

The Sustainability of the European Social Model

Author : Jean-Claude Barbier
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781951764
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Book Synopsis The Sustainability of the European Social Model by : Jean-Claude Barbier

Download or read book The Sustainability of the European Social Model written by Jean-Claude Barbier and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the European Social Model can only be sustained in the current economic crisis if social and employment policies are adequately recognised as integral parts of European economic policy-making. The contributing authors investigate

Governance in the European Union

Author : Gary Marks
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1849207046
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Book Synopsis Governance in the European Union by : Gary Marks

Download or read book Governance in the European Union written by Gary Marks and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-05-21 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh alternative to traditional state-centred analyses of the process of European integration is presented in this book. World-renowned scholars analyze the state in terms of its component parts and clearly show the interaction of subnational, national and supranational actors in the emerging European polity. This `multi-level politics′ approach offers a powerful lens through which to view the future course of European integration. The contributors′ empirical exploration of areas such as regional governance, social policy and social movements underpins their broad conceptual and theoretical framework providing significant new insight into European politics.

The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe

Author : Mariely López-Santana
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438454678
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe by : Mariely López-Santana

Download or read book The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe written by Mariely López-Santana and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed examination of the territorial and governance dimensions of contemporary welfare reforms in the United States and Europe. Until recently, studies of changes in the welfare state have tended to focus on transformations in the nature of social policies and their level of generosity. The New Governance of Welfare States in the United States and Europe concentrates on an often overlooked dimension: territorial and governance transformations. Employing detailed case studies and more than seventy-five interviews, Mariely López-Santana captures how a variety of postindustrial countries across both sides of the Atlantic have transformed the postwar organization of their labor market policy settings through decentralization, centralization, and delegation reforms. These changes have in turn changed the role of national and subnational levels of government, as well as nongovernmental actors, in the organization, management, and provision of labor market policies and services. López-Santanas multidisciplinary, comparative, and multilevel approach to welfare state change is an original and important step forward in our understanding of welfare reforms enacted since the mid-1990s.