02966nam 2200553Ia 450 991081549920332120200520144314.03-531-91810-910.1007/978-3-531-91810-5(CKB)1000000000699209(EBL)749877(OCoLC)828797777(SSID)ssj0000320087(PQKBManifestationID)11224645(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000320087(PQKBWorkID)10360918(PQKB)10610272(DE-He213)978-3-531-91810-5(MiAaPQ)EBC749877(PPN)132870347(EXLCZ)99100000000069920920090110d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSoft governance in hard politics European coordination of anti-poverty policies in France and Germany /by Sandra Kroger1st ed. 2009.Wiesbaden VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden20091 online resource (251 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-531-16367-1 Includes bibliographical references.Introducing the Lisbon Strategy and the OMC -- State of the art -- Research framework -- The OMC inclusion at national level -- The OMC inclusion at EU-level -- Evaluation of the OMC inclusion by involved actors -- Conclusion and outlook.The present study addresses the governance architecture of the much debated Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in the field of social inclusion and evaluates its implementation in France, Germany and at EU-level. Based on extensive variable-based empirical research, it assesses both the effectiveness and the legitimacy of the OMC and comes to unequivocal conclusions: Due to the resistance of member states and remaining differences in underlying ideas of social justice, anti-poverty policy could not be Europeanised through the OMC which unfolds as a very weak governance architecture. The general framework of negative integration remains unchallenged by this non-binding instrument which, to the contrary of its intention, rather forecloses the possibility of supranational learning. With regard to legitimacy, the OMC supports policy-making in closed, intransparent circles of very weakly or not democratically mandated representatives and therefore does little do decrease the democratic deficit of the EU - however one of its original ambitions.PoorEuropeEconomic assistance, DomesticEuropePoorEconomic assistance, Domestic361.6139094Kroger Sandra1680294MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815499203321Soft Governance in Hard Politics4048940UNINA