The Political Economy of Policy Ideas : The European Strategy of Active Inclusion in Context /

In 2008, the European Commission relaunched the policy idea of active inclusion, with the aim of facilitating the integration of people into sustainable and quality employment. Over ten years later, and in the aftermath of one of the most trying periods in Europe's recent economic history, this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scalise, Gemma (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Edition:	1st ed. 2020.
Series:	Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Subjects:	Political sociology. Economic sociology. Industrial sociology. Social policy. Welfare state. Social service. Political Sociology. Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. Sociology of Work. Social Policy. Politics of the Welfare State. Social Work and Community Development. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Ideas and comparative political economy
Chapter 2: Convergence or divergence? The debate on capitalist societies
Chapter 3: Active Inclusion. A new policy paradigm in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis
Chapter 4: Understanding divergence. A focus on national regulation
Chapter 5: From Macro to Micro Evidence. Supranational Strategies, Local Interpretations
Chapter 6: Local pathways to active inclusion
Chapter 7: The political economy of policy ideas. Concluding remarks and open questions.