New governance in European social policy : the open method of coordination /
By: Buechs, Milena.
Series: Palgrave studies in European Union politics: Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Description: xiii, 206 p. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230506510; 9780230506510:; 0230506518 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Social policy -- International cooperation | Intergovernmental cooperation -- European Union countries | Political planning -- European Union countries | Europe -- Social policy | European Union countries -- Social policyDDC classification: 320.6094Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 320.6094 BUE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0077321 |
Introduction : new governance and the dilemma of European Union social policy -- Conceptualizing the OMC -- The "third way" in European social policy -- Institutions and actors -- The European employment strategy in Germany and the United Kingdom -- Effectiveness -- Legitimacy -- Conclusion.
The author analyses the goals and instruments of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), discusses approaches which theorise its functioning, examines its policy content and develops a framework for its evaluation.