Tracing the fate of EU "social policy", changes in the political discourse from the Lisbon strategy to Europe 2020

Jean-Claude Barbier ()
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Jean-Claude Barbier: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Analysing selected European Commission and Council documents, this article identifies the changes and enduring features of the EU social policy discourse and investigates their potential determinants. It divides this discourse into three periods: the first is associated with the "Lisbon Strategy", the second with the reforms that followed (2005-09) and the third with "Europe 2020". The most recent period has witnessed a radical marginalization and tokenization of social policy as compared with macroeconomic and financial concerns. At the same time, EU institutions have increasingly encroached upon national jurisdiction in social policy. These changes seem to be explained by reshuffling among important actors and, more recently, the financial and debt crisis.

Keywords: EU social policy; political discourse; EU law; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-12
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Published in International Labour Review, 2012, 151 (4), pp.377-399. ⟨10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00154.x⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2012.00154.x

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