13 The Political Economy of Social Policy in Canada

2020 ◽  
pp. 278-296
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
The Political

Crisis? What Crisis? EU Enlargement and the Political Economy of European Union Social Policy

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Sykes
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Strategies ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Eu

This article considers the character of EU social policy and in particular the linkages between the EU's economic and social strategies. Arguably, the most recent enlargement of the EU represents a turning point for the future of EU social policy, though there is disagreement about its future if not so much about the causes of this crisis. The article concludes that the future political economy of EU social policy and indeed of the EU itself may be subject to fundamental changes.

Introduction Themed Section on Political Economy and Social Policy

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Holden ◽  
Rob Sykes
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Policy Community ◽  
Political Economy Approach ◽  
Area Of Study

This themed section arose partly as a response to the debate, which has been taking place within the academic social policy community recently, about the nature and future of social policy as an area of study. It includes contributions from those working within Politics departments, both in Britain and abroad, as well as from those working within more specific Social Policy contexts. There are many reasons why the Political Economy approach to social policy is particularly appropriate today. Three important reasons are the increasing importance of processes of ‘globalisation’, the ever more explicit linking of economic and social policies by governments, and the entry of new actors such as for-profit corporations into the domain of social policy.

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