Assessing the Open Method of Coordination

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Institutional Design and National Influence of EU Social Policy Coordination: Advancing a Contradictory Debate

   • Jonathan Zeitlin, Egidijus Barcevičius, J. Timo Weishaupt

   Pages 1-15

3. Tracing the Social OMC from Its Origins to Europe 2020

   • Egidijus Barcevičius, J. Timo Weishaupt, Jonathan Zeitlin

   Pages 16-39

4. Is the Social OMC Fit for Purpose? Adequacy and Institutional Design, 2006–2010

   • Egidijus Barcevičius

   Pages 40-86

5. An OMC for All Policies: Is Belgium (still) the Best Pupil in the Class?

   • Bart Vanhercke

   Pages 87-113

6. The Social OMC in France: The Realm of the Happy Few?

   • Vicki Donlevy

   Pages 114-137

7. The Social OMC in Germany: Slow but Steady?

   • J. Timo Weishaupt

   Pages 138-160

8. The Social OMC in Denmark: European Ideas Meet Domestic Politics

   • Caroline de la Porte

   Pages 161-180

9. The Social OMC in the UK: Beyond Cheap Talk?

   • Helene Schönheinz

   Pages 181-202

10. The Social OMCs at Work: Identifying and Explaining Variations in National Use and Influence

    • J. Timo Weishaupt

    Pages 203-233

11. Back Matter

    Pages 234-269

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Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and health/long-term care), at the European Union level and in ten EU Member States.

• care
• Design
• European Union
• European Union (EU)
• Germany
• Institution
• Nation
• politics
• social policy
• european union politics

• Vilnius University, Lithuania

  Egidijus Barcevičius

• University of Mannheim, Germany

  J. Timo Weishaupt

• University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Jonathan Zeitlin

Vicki Donlevy, Policy and Research Division of Ecorys, UK Caroline de la Porte, University of Southern Denmark Helene Schönheinz, University of Salzburg, Austria Bart Vanhercke, European Social Observatory, Belgium

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