Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- 19 The general budget
- 20 The Common Agricultural Policy
- 21 The Common Fisheries Policy
- 22 Regional policy
- 23 Social policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
- References
23 - Social policies
the employment dimension
from Part V - EU budget and structural policies
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- A reader’s guide
- Abbreviations
- 1 General introduction
- Part I EU history, institutions and legal dimension
- Part II EU market integration
- Part III EU monetary integration
- Part IV The single European market
- Part V EU budget and structural policies
- 19 The general budget
- 20 The Common Agricultural Policy
- 21 The Common Fisheries Policy
- 22 Regional policy
- 23 Social policies
- Part VI EU external relations
- Part VII The future of the EU
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Social policy is a broad term that could encompass government policies on education, health, employment, social security, social exclusion, and the like. There are very wide divergences in these policies in the member states (MSs) of the European Union (EU), and because they are related to the nature of society and considered sensitive, they are issues of high political salience. This meant that a uniform policy was not possible, that decision-making powers had to remain with MSs and that policies would differ across MSs.
The next section looks at the development of social and employment policy, and the rest of this chapter examines EU employment policy, in particular the European Employment Strategy (EES). There is a consideration of the economic theory and evidence relating to employment performance on which the EES is based. Then the nature of open method of coordination is analysed and EU employment performance is discussed, particularly in relation to EES targets. The final assessment considers the relationship between the EES and EU employment performance.
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- The European UnionEconomics and Policies, pp. 364 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011