Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU: A Chance in Europe 2020

ISBN-13: 9781138930872 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 226 str.

Matteo Jessoula; Ilaria Madama

Opis

This book examines the significant shifts in European Union social policy in recent years in the context of the EU2020 strategy and the European Semester. In particular it examines the social dimension, especially the anti-poverty component of Europe 2020 by illustrating the main supranational, national and sub-national developments across 5 countries - Germany, Italy, Poland, UK and Sweden. It asks whether and how, Europe matters in the fight against poverty and social exclusion within the new (strengthened) framework and sheds light on the core factors affecting the implementation of the Europe 2020 anti-poverty strategy at the domestic level. This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners in social policy, political science and European governance, and more broadly to European Union politics, European integrations studies, sociology and economics.

Spis treści

1. Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Europe 2020 Framework: An Introduction [Ilaria Madama and Matteo Jessoula]  2. Europe 2020 and the Fight Against Poverty: From Target to Governance [Sebastiano Sabato, Chiara Agostini, Marcello Natili and Matteo Jessoula]  3. Europe Domesticated: Anti-Poverty Policy in the United Kingdom under Europe 2020 [Daniel Clegg]  4. The Reluctant European: EU2020, 'The Poverty Target' and the Swedish Welfare State [Håkan Johansson]  5. The German Way: Reaffirming Sovereignty, While Accommodating the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy [Katharina Zimmermann and Norbert Petzold]  6. The Game of Compliance: Polish Anti-Poverty Policy and Europe 2020 [Marianna Zielenska]  7. Lucky Timing and Propitious Conditions: Italy’s Anti-Poverty Policy under Europe 2020 [Ilaria Madama, Marcello Natili and Chiara Agostini]  8. Implementing Europe 2020 in Belgium: A Case of Coordinated "Hybrid" Governance for Social Inclusion? [Antonino Sorrenti]  9. Linking Lisbon and Europe 2020: The "Peer Reviews" in the Social OMC [Sebastiano Sabato]  10. Conclusions [Matteo Jessoula and Ilaria Madama]