Exploring European Social Policy (eBook)

Robert Geyer is a Lecturer, in the Department of Politics, University of Liverpool.

Preface.

Introduction.

1. European Social Policy 1950-1969.

2. TEuropean Social Policy 1970-1999.

3. Labour Policy: Core Areas.

4. Labour Policy: Extensions.

5. Gender Policy: From Article 119 to "Mainstreaming".

6. The Structural Funds and the European Social Fund.

7. Expansion and Extensions I.

8. Expansion and Extensions II.

9. The Future of European Social Policy.

Appendix.

Notes.

References.

Index.

'The "deepening" of the European integration process - the single
market, the single currency and the like - raises major questions
about the role of the EU in social policy and the sustainability of
different national models. Geyer's book provides a timely,
well-informed discussion of these pressing issues, combining
theoretical reflection with history and detailed empirical
analysis. Its accessible style means that students, policy
specialists, and tutors can each benefit from it.'Professor
Kevin Featherstone, Department of European Studies, Bradford
University

'Geyer considers European Union social policy broadly over the
past half century, including issues of employment, gender,
antipoverty, health and safety, youth and the elderly, and focuses
on the late 1980s and early 1990s ... Geyer has provided a firm and
useful base upon which future scholars can build. Carefully
researched with an extensive bibliography.' Choice