Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. Professor John Wilton Lecture 5 The ‘Europeanisation’ of social policy Additional sources: Tavora, I. ‘The southern European social model: familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal’, in Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 22, No. 1, February 2012, pp. 63-76. Palier, B. (ed.) ‘A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? The Politics of Welfare Reform in Continental Europe’, (Book Review Symposium) in Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 22, No. 1, February 2012, pp.90- 101. Additional sources: Tugdar, E.E. (2013) ‘Europeanization of Minority Protection Policies in Latvia: E.U. Conditionality and the Impact of Domestic Factors on the Rights of Ethnic Russians’, in CEU Political Science Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 1, February, p31-53 (including Bibliography for good sources on ‘Europeanisation’) Jurado, E. Brochmann, G. and Dolvik, J.E. ‘Immigration, Work and Welfare. Towards an integrated approach’, www.policy- network.net, Feb.2013) Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. ‘Europeanisation’ of social policy - E.U. ‘single social policy areas’? - E.U. policies affect: - policy style (formulation and implementation); - general problem solving approach; - policy instruments employed; - policy standards set (based on E.U values and principles) Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. -Europeanisation of : - pressure groups - interest groups - policy networks - Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. 4 processes of ‘Europeanisation’ of policy: a)‘bottom-up’ (national state – E.U.) b)‘top-down’ (E.U. – national state) c)‘horizontal’ (State – State) d)‘round-about’ (national state – E.U. – national state) Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. ‘Europeanisation’ based on underlying E.U. principles and ‘core values’: - social progress; - the aim of high levels of employment; - social protection; - the aim of raising living standards and quality of life; - promotion of social cohesion and social justice Contemporary Social Policy in the E.U. ‘Europeanisation’ = overarching E.U. core values and principles, within which individual policies are shaped and formulated, and diversity and ‘mutual recognition’ acknowledged, particularly in implementation to meet policy aims