The Political Economy of Social Europe: The case of inclusion policies

Waltraud Schelkle
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Waltraud Schelkle: European Institute, London School of Economic and Political Science

European Political Economy Review, 2003, vol. 1, issue Autumn, 191-221

Abstract: EU governments have engaged in a coordinated effort to combat social exclusion. This is puzzling for empirical and theoretical reasons. The paper argues that integration of social inclusion policies can be explained by the political economy of domestic reform, driven by structural change in EU welfare states, facilitated by the new Open Method of Coordination. This explanation is contrasted with the view that European integration is motivated by EU bureaucratsÕ interest in expanding their competencies and national administrationsÕ attempt to instrumentalise the EU for protection of their clientele.

Keywords: Political economy of reform; public choice; Social Europe; social exclusion; open method of coordination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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