Toward a European Social Policy-At Last?

The State of the European Union Vol. 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Palier, Bruno ^a   Pochet, Philippe ^b  

^a Centre for Political Research of Sciences   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Employment policy; Open method of coordination; Race to the bottom; Social policy; Spillover; Supply side

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921666496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199283958.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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