The EU's Lisbon strategy : evaluating success, understanding failure / edited by Paul Copeland and Dimitris Papadimitriou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Copeland, Paul, 1981-

Papadimitriou, Dimitris, 1972-

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Constitution.

European Union.

European Union--Reform.

Treaty on European Union (1992 February 7)--Protocols, etc., 2007 December 13.

Treaty on European Union.

Treaty on European Union (1992 February 7).

Politics and government.

European Union countries--Politics and government--21st century.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xix, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

The launch of the EU's Lisbon Strategy in 2000 aimed to make the EU 'the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy' by 2010. The Strategy introduced a strong competitiveness narrative in EU politics and set benchmarks for a variety of policy areas in which the EU had little or no formal legal competence. Member States were encouraged to share 'best practice', report progress and participate in peer review. The governance structure of Lisbon also marked a major break from the traditional 'community method'. The EU's Lisbon Strategy provides the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical evaluation of the Strategy by some of the most notable scholars of EU studies from across the Social Sciences. Drawing evidence from a broad range of policy areas affected by the Strategy, the volume explores two questions: how far did the Lisbon Strategy achieve its own objectives and why? Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Dimitris Papadimitriou Papadimitriou, Dimitris 1

2 The Origins and Evolution of the Lisbon Agenda / Scott James James, Scott 8

3 Governing the Lisbon Strategy: Uncertain Governance in Turbulent Economic Times / Simon Bulmer Bulmer, Simon 29

4 Conceptualising the Lisbon Strategy: Europeanisation and Varieties of Capitalism / Kevin Featherstone Featherstone, Kevin, Andreas Kornelakis Kornelakis, Andreas, Sotirios Zartaloudis Zartaloudis, Sotirios 50

5 Social Inclusion and the Lisbon Strategy / Mary Daly Daly, Mary 68

6 Employment and the Lisbon Strategy / Samantha Velluti Velluti, Samantha 88

7 Pensions and the Lisbon Strategy / Platon Tinios Tinios, Platon 111

8 Healthcare and the Lisbon Strategy / Anniek de Ruijter Ruijter, Anniek de, Tamara K. Hervey Hervey, Tamara K. 130

9 Education and the Lisbon Strategy / Anne Corbett Corbett, Anne 149

10 Research and Innovation and the Lisbon Strategy / Jakob Edler Edler, Jakob 168

11 Economic and Monetary Union and the Lisbon Strategy / Kenneth Dyson Dyson, Kenneth, Lucia Quaglia Quaglia, Lucia 189

12 The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020: From the Governance of Co-ordination to the Co-ordination of Governance / Kenneth A. Armstrong Armstrong, Kenneth A. 208

13 Conclusion: The Lisbon Strategy - Evaluating Success and Understanding Failure / Paul Copeland Copeland, Paul 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230337121

0230337120

OCLC:

785873610