LEADER 02966nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910815499203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a3-531-91810-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-531-91810-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000699209 035 $a(EBL)749877 035 $a(OCoLC)828797777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000320087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224645 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000320087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10360918 035 $a(PQKB)10610272 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-531-91810-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC749877 035 $a(PPN)132870347 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000699209 100 $a20090110d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSoft governance in hard politics $eEuropean coordination of anti-poverty policies in France and Germany /$fby Sandra Kroger 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 $aWiesbaden $cVS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-531-16367-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroducing 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPoor$zEurope 606 $aEconomic assistance, Domestic$zEurope 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aEconomic assistance, Domestic 676 $a361.6139094 700 $aKroger$b Sandra$01680294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815499203321 996 $aSoft Governance in Hard Politics$94048940 997 $aUNINA