This article examines the career of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as a policy
instrument. Looking at the European Employment Strategy and the Lisbon Agenda, it shows …

In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is
hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how 'solidarity'can …

Analysing selected European Commission and Council documents, this article identifies the
changes and enduring features of the EU social policy discourse and investigates their …

This article analyses the decision-making process underlying the adoption of common EU
flexicurity principles. Supporters of the initiative succeeded in convincing the sceptics one by …

In recent years new or experimental approaches to governance in the EU, namely the Open
Method of Coordination (OMC), have attracted great interest and controversy. This book …

The topic of this book, flexicurity-making at the EU level, addresses in my view some of the
most important labour market and societal issues of the next decades. It shows what might …

A partir de 2004, la Stratégie de Lisbonne a été recentrée sur les réformes structurelles et
les prescriptions économiques, alors que, à l'issue du sommet de Lisbonne, une stratégie …

Flexicurity denotes a combination of different forms of labour market flexibility and security
that transcends the simple trade-off between flexibility and security as exclusive interest of …

This article discusses whether the pre-crisis political right-turn in the European Union (EU)
has had an impact on the development of European work and employment regulation. It …

During the policy process ahead of the 2008 renewal of the European Employment Strategy
(EES), the European Commission's introduction of Flexicurity policies aroused much …