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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.

Extending Experimentalist Governance? takes as its point of departure three observations about the current state of transnational regulation within and beyond the EU:
DT Across a wide and expanding range of policy fields, the EU has developed over the past 15 years a new architecture of experimentalist governance based on framework rule making and revision through recursive review of implementation experience in diverse local contexts.
DT Through a variety of institutional mechanisms and channels, the EU is actively seeking to extend its own internal rules, norms, standards,...

Extending Experimentalist Governance? takes as its point of departure three observations about the current state of transnational regulation within and beyond the EU:
DT Across a wide and expanding range of policy fields, the EU has developed over the past 15 years a new architecture of experimentalist governance based on framework rule making and revision through recursive review of implementation experience in diverse local contexts.
DT Through a variety of institutional mechanisms and channels, the EU is actively seeking to extend its own internal rules, norms, standards,...