Converging Europe : transformation of social policy in the enlarged European Union and in Turkey / / edited by Ipek Eren Vural

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973672803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2011
• ISBN: 1-315-57413-6; 1-317-15994-2; 1-317-15993-4; 1-283-15801-9; 9786613158017; 1-4094-0710-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): VuralIpek Eren
• Disciplina: 320.6094/09051
• Soggetti: European Union countries Social policy; Turkey Social policy; Europe Economic integration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Lisbon strategy and social policy in the enlarged European Union and in Turkey / Ipek Eren Vural -- Lisbon strategy and European integration -- European integration and social policy reform / Hans-Jürgen Bieling -- Socio-economic convergence in the European Union : conceptualisation and measurement issues / Julia S. O'Connor -- Lisbon agenda, new structural policy and social cohesion in times of economic crisis / Otto Holman -- Reform dynamics in old Europe -- Pension reforms in Europe : directions and consequences / Karl Hinrichs -- Ideas, institutions, and interest in European and national reforms of employment and social policy : the case of flexicurity / Marcel Fink -- Eastern enlargement and european social model -- The politics of welfare restructuring in transition countries and the crisis of 2008 / Jan Drahokoupil and Martin Myant -- EU integration and post-communist welfare : catch-up convergence before and after the economic crisis / Noèmi Lendvai -- European integration and social policy transformation in Turkey -- Domestic social policy change due ; to the pressures of European integration : equality between women and men at work and women's employment policies in Turkey / Asuman Göksel -- Discourse and practice of poverty reduction strategies : reflections on the Turkish case in the 2000s / Galip L. Yalman -- European integration, social policy and the Lisbon strategy -- Social outcomes of the lisbon strategy and beyond / Ipek Eren Vural.
• Sommario/riassunto: Converging Europe' evaluates the impact of European integration on social policy development since the launch and subsequent re-launch of the Lisbon strategy discussing the challenges posed by the unfolding global recession of 2008.