The Europeanisation Of Social Protection (european Commission)

This Book Challenges The Common View That Social Protection Is Exclusively A National Concern With Eu Social Policy Fragmented And Merely Symbolic. Through Eleven Country Studies, The Book Reveals That Eu-level Developments Increasingly Interact With Social Protection In All Countries - A Remarkable Transformation From Ten Years Ago. Using The Same Thematic Framework, The Book Systematically Compares How Europeanisation Of Social Protection Differs Across Countries Chosen To Reflect Increasing Eu Diversity. For Each Country, Specialists In Social Protection Evaluate The Form And Extent Of Europeanisation, Comparing National Strategies With The European Social Model. They Examine Recent Reforms And Responses To Eu Initiatives, Including The Lisbon Strategy And The Open Method Of Coordination, The Extension Of The Internal Market To Services, The Economic And Monetary Union And Eu Enlargement. Differences In Europeanisation Reflect Not Only Different Political Legacies But Also Different Adjustment Pressures In Terms Of National Welfare Regime And Degree Of Competitiveness. Europeanisation Of Social Protection Brings Together Both New Evidence And New Perspectives, Making It Essential Reading For Everyone Interested In The Changing Patterns Of Social Policy In Europe. -- Back Cover. European Union Developments And National Social Protection / Juho Saari And Jon Kvist -- Germany: Moving Towards Europe But Putting National Autonomy First / Milena Büchs And Karl Hinrichs -- The United Kingdom: More An Economic Than A Social European / Julian Le Grand, Elias Mossialos, And Morgan Long -- France: Defending Our Model / Bruno Palier And Luana Petrescu -- Italy: Between Indifference, Exploitation And The Construction Of A National Interest / Stefano Sacchi -- Poland: Redefining Social Policies / Irena Wóycicka And Maciej Grabowski -- Spain: Starting From Periphery, Becoming Centre / Ana Guillén -- The Czech Republic: Tradition Compatible With Modernisation? / Martin Potůček -- Finland: Towards More Proactive Policies / Juho Saari And Olli Kangas -- The Netherlands: Social And Economic Normalisation In An Era Of European Union Controversy / Anton Hemerijck And Peter Sleegers -- Denmark: From Foot Dragging To Pace Setting In European Union Social Policy / Jon Kvist -- Greece: The Quest For National Welfare Expansion Through More Social Europe / Theodoros Sakellaropoulos / The Europeanisation Of Social Protection: Domestic Impacts And National Responses / Jon Kvist And Juho Saari -- Seeking A New Balance / Juho Saari And Kari Välimäki. Edited By Jon Kvist And Juho Saari. Papers Presented At A Conference Organized By The Eu Finnish Presidency In Nov. 2006 To Analyze The Future Of The European Social Protection Systems And Of The European Social Model (esm) Against The Challenges Of Increasing Internationalisation, Global Competition And An Aging Population. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 267-297) And Index. This collection focuses on the relationship between social care, community and citizenship, linking them in a way relevant to both policy and practice. While there is extensive research within each of these fields, until now there is a dearth of dialogue between them. In the current political context. With an emphasis on the development of locally based services and governance, this publication is particularly timely. Divided into four sections, it covers: key concepts, issues and relationships and draws on contrasting illustrations from England and Scotland; ethics of care and the theoretical and moral complexities to be thought through for both those receiving and those delivering care; practice based chapters on community capacity to care, black and minority ethnic care, anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, befriending, volunteering, dementia care and home care; and international comparisons and perspectives with chapters from Sweden, Germany and Japan. The book is aimed at a wide range of readers including: academics, principally teachers and researchers in social policy and social work; undergraduate and postgraduate students; practitioners, including community development workers, social workers, public health workers, mental health staff, practitioners employed on renewal, regeneration, social inclusion and community cohesion programmes and policy makers in central and local government, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts. It opens up discussions relevant for the next decade and beyond

This book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic. Through eleven country studies, the book reveals that EU-level developments increasingly interact with social protection in all countries - a remarkable transformation from ten years ago. Using the same thematic framework, the book systematically compares how Europeanisation of social protection differs across countries chosen to reflect increasing EU diversity. For each country, specialists in social protection evaluate the form and extent of Europeanisation, comparing national strategies with the European social model.They examine recent reforms and responses to EU initiatives, including the Lisbon strategy and the open method of coordination, the extension of the internal market to services, the Economic and Monetary Union and EU enlargement. Differences in Europeanisation reflect not only different political legacies but also different adjustment pressures in terms of national welfare regime and degree of competitiveness. Europeanisation of social protection brings together both new evidence and new perspectives, making it essential reading for everyone interested in the changing patterns of social policy in Europe.

The Europeanisation of social protection Contents List of tables and figures Foreword Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of contributors European Union developments and national social protection Germany The United Kingdom France Italy Poland Spain The Czech Republic Finland The Netherlands Denmark Greece Domestic impacts andnational responses Seeking a new balance References Index Through eleven country studies, this book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic.