Europe 2020: Towards a More Social EU?

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Eric Marlier, David Natali
Peter Lang, 2010 - 277 pagine
How can Europe 2020, the EU's new Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, lead to a stronger Social EU with less poverty and greater social cohesion? This book by a number of eminent scholars and experts is the first to attempt to answer this question.
The adoption in June 2010 by EU leaders of a target to lift at least 20 million people out of the risk of poverty and exclusion by 2020 is an important step forward. However, delivering on this and the Union's four other mutually reinforcing targets, and achieving the EU's ambitious social objectives, raises many political and technical challenges. These are examined in depth in this book.
A key objective of the book is to take a critical look at and draw lessons from the past, 2000-2010 Lisbon Strategy. Another important objective is to explore the format and role of EU coordination and cooperation in the social field in the new EU governance framework, in a context marked by slow recovery after the global economic crisis. Finally, the book also makes proposals for the further reinforcement of this coordination and cooperation and for the improvement of the different instruments available at EU, national and sub-national levels.
The analysis and concrete proposals presented in the book will be invaluable to policy-makers, researchers and other stakeholders interested in contributing to building a more Social EU. They will help to encourage new ideas and innovative approaches.
 

Sommario

Foreword
11
A Territorialised Social Agenda to Guide Europe 2020
30
Strengthening Social Inclusion in
32
Mapping the Components of Social
45
The Coming Social Crisis
69
The Lisbon Strategy Europe 2020
93
Delivering the Goods for Europe 2020?
115
Assessing the EU Approach to Combating Poverty
143
Social Impact Assessment as a Tool for Mainstreaming
181
Short Presentation of the Authors
275
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