Annotated bibliography - Social policy and labour markets

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Dostal, J. (2004). Campaigning on Expertise: how the OECD framed EU welfare and labour market policies – and why success could trigger failure. Journal of European Public Policy, 11(3), 440-460.


Hennessy, A. (2011). The Role of Agenda Setting in Pension  Market Integration. Journal of European Integration, 33(5), 577-597.

Wendon, B. (1998).  The Commission as imagevenue entrepreneur in EU social policy. Journal of European Public Policy, 5(2), 339-353.

Description

Explains how the OECD affected the EU agenda by creating and disseminating liberal welfare reform and labour market policy proposals. Abstract



Through a study of pension market integration, this article analyzes variation in the European Commission’s ability to use its agenda setting tools effectively. Abstract

Argues that the European Commission has been able to shape the development of EU social policy by a combined strategy of creating new institutional venues and reshaping the dominant image of EU social policy. Abstract