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Duncan Gallie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Renewed Lisbon Strategy and Social Exclusion Policy
    Industrial Relations Journal, 2007
    Co-Authors: Martina Dieckhoff, Duncan Gallie
    Abstract:

    In the light of its manifest mid-term failure to make progress towards its key objectives, the EU introduced in 2005 a major relaunch of its Lisbon Strategy for economic, employment and social development. The core aspect of this was prioritization, involving an increased focus on growth and jobs. This raised the issue of whether the pursuit of greater competitiveness would lead to a downgrading of the importance of the original social objectives of the program. In its focal concern on the fight against social exclusion, the EU's Strategy involved both employment and social objectives. These emphasized in particular the creation not only of more but of better jobs and the pursuit of actions to reinforce social inclusion and social cohesion. This article considers whether a significant shift did occur in policy emphasis and the implications of the Lisbon reform for progress in reducing the risks of social exclusion. It reviews first the basic changes in the formulation of the Strategy and then examines in turn the effectiveness of its policy initiatives with respect to employment, the quality of work and social inclusion.

Magdalena Olczyk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Structural Heterogeneity Between EU 15 and 12 New EU Members – the Obstacle to Lisbon Strategy Implementation?
    Equilibrium, 2014
    Co-Authors: Magdalena Olczyk
    Abstract:

    The aim of this article is to identify diversity between the EU-15 and the New Members in their implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the period 2000-2010. By analyzing a set of structural indicators, we aim to fill a gap in the literature: the lack of publications providing complex evaluation of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy using measurable indicators. Given their suitability for international comparisons, we use two taxonomic methods: Ward’s cluster analysis and the synthetic variable method proposed by Hellwig. The results of our analyses confirm the hypothesis of a large gap between the EU-15 countries and the 12 New Members in the key areas of the Lisbon Strategy. According to rankings given by our taxonomic analyses, a high level of the indicators selected is confirmed only for the EU-15 countries and only three New Members belong to a group presenting the average level of these indicators. This study demonstrates a need for a significant intensification of the EU cohesion policy, which is one of the main tools for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals.

  • structural heterogeneity between eu 15 and 12 new eu members the obstacle to Lisbon Strategy implementation
    Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, 2014
    Co-Authors: Magdalena Olczyk
    Abstract:

    The aim of this article is to identify diversity between the EU-15 and the New Members in their implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the period 2000-2010. By analyzing a set of structural indicators, we aim to fill a gap in the literature: the lack of publications providing complex evaluation of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy using measurable indicators. Given their suitability for international comparisons, we use two taxonomic methods: Ward’s cluster analysis and the synthetic variable method proposed by Hellwig. The results of our analyses confirm the hypothesis of a large gap between the EU-15 countries and the 12 New Members in the key areas of the Lisbon Strategy. According to rankings given by our taxonomic analyses, a high level of the indicators selected is confirmed only for the EU-15 countries and only three New Members belong to a group presenting the average level of these indicators. This study demonstrates a need for a significant intensification of the EU cohesion policy, which is one of the main tools for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals.

  • Lisbon Strategy implementation in 12 new EU members – Multivariate analysis of structural indicators
    2013
    Co-Authors: Magdalena Olczyk
    Abstract:

    The aim of this article is to identify diversity between the EU-15 and the New Members in their implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the period 2000-2010. By analyzing a set of structural indicators, we aim to fill a gap in the literature: a lack of publications providing complex evaluation of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy using measurable indicators. The results of our analyses confirm the hypothesis of a large gap between the EU-15 countries and the 12 New Members in key areas of the Lisbon Strategy. According to rankings given by our taxonomic analyses, a high level of the indicators selected is confirmed only for the EU-15 countries and only three New Members belong to a group presenting the average level of these indicators. This study demonstrates a need for a significant intensification of the EU cohesion policy, which is one of the main tools for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals.

  • Lisbon Strategy implementation in 12 new eu members multivariate analysis of structural indicators
    2013
    Co-Authors: Magdalena Olczyk
    Abstract:

    The aim of this article is to identify diversity between the EU-15 and the New Members in their implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in the period 2000-2010. By analyzing a set of structural indicators, we aim to fill a gap in the literature: a lack of publications providing complex evaluation of the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy using measurable indicators. The results of our analyses confirm the hypothesis of a large gap between the EU-15 countries and the 12 New Members in key areas of the Lisbon Strategy. According to rankings given by our taxonomic analyses, a high level of the indicators selected is confirmed only for the EU-15 countries and only three New Members belong to a group presenting the average level of these indicators. This study demonstrates a need for a significant intensification of the EU cohesion policy, which is one of the main tools for achieving the Lisbon Strategy goals.

Martina Dieckhoff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Renewed Lisbon Strategy and Social Exclusion Policy
    Industrial Relations Journal, 2007
    Co-Authors: Martina Dieckhoff, Duncan Gallie
    Abstract:

    In the light of its manifest mid-term failure to make progress towards its key objectives, the EU introduced in 2005 a major relaunch of its Lisbon Strategy for economic, employment and social development. The core aspect of this was prioritization, involving an increased focus on growth and jobs. This raised the issue of whether the pursuit of greater competitiveness would lead to a downgrading of the importance of the original social objectives of the program. In its focal concern on the fight against social exclusion, the EU's Strategy involved both employment and social objectives. These emphasized in particular the creation not only of more but of better jobs and the pursuit of actions to reinforce social inclusion and social cohesion. This article considers whether a significant shift did occur in policy emphasis and the implications of the Lisbon reform for progress in reducing the risks of social exclusion. It reviews first the basic changes in the formulation of the Strategy and then examines in turn the effectiveness of its policy initiatives with respect to employment, the quality of work and social inclusion.

Luce Pepin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Education in the Lisbon Strategy: Assessment and Prospects.
    European Journal of Education, 2011
    Co-Authors: Luce Pepin
    Abstract:

    Since its formal inception in 1976, [European Union] EU cooperation in the field of education has known a number of major landmarks: the launch of the Erasmus programme in 1987, the inclusion of education for the first time in the Treaty (Maastricht, 1992) and, last but not least, the role given to education and training in the new EU 10-year economic and social Strategy launched in Lisbon in 2000. The article explains why the inclusion of education in the Lisbon Strategy was a major step forward and one that occurred in the logic of previous developments. Ten years later, and in an historical perspective, the author presents an assessment that is mitigated - although globally positive - , underlining not only the role played by the Lisbon Strategy in relaunching and consolidating EU education cooperation, but also the weak implementation and ownership at national level that hindered its success. At the dawn of the recently launched new Strategy for the next 10 years (EU 2020), she highlights the challenges to be met to close the gap between policy ambitions and implementation.

Karel Skokan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • competitiveness and cohesion in v4 countries after Lisbon Strategy
    Současná Evropa, 2011
    Co-Authors: Michaela Stanickova, Eva Polednikova, Karel Skokan
    Abstract:

    Competitiveness and cohesion are two complementary objectives, which determine the long-term development of the European Union. The last and not very successful attempt to gain world leadership in competitiveness was the Lisbon Strategy which has since 2010 its successor in Europe 2020, the new EU´s growth Strategy for the coming decade. The development of the V4 Visegrad Four Group Central European countries after joining the EU in 2004 has been influenced by trends and objectives set by the Lisbon Strategy. The relatively positive development of their economies, economic growth and the level of convergence has been interrupted by the global economic crisis. This article aims to analyze and compare the development of the V4 countries in terms of the Lisbon Strategy and by the use of structural indicators established for its evaluation and to assess their perspective in the new EU Strategy for 2020.

  • Competitiveness and Cohesion in V4 Countries after Lisbon Strategy [Konkurenceschopnost a soudržnost v zemích V4 po Lisabonské strategii]
    2011
    Co-Authors: Michaela Stanickova, Eva Polednikova, Karel Skokan
    Abstract:

    Competitiveness and cohesion are two complementary objectives, which determine the long-term development of the European Union. The last and not very successful attempt to gain world leadership in competitiveness was the Lisbon Strategy which has since 2010 its successor in Europe 2020, the new EU's growth Strategy for the coming decade. The development of the V4 Visegrad Four Group Central European countries after joining the EU in 2004 has been influenced by trends and objectives set by the Lisbon Strategy. The relatively positive development of their economies, economic growth and the level of convergence has been interrupted by the global economic crisis. This article aims to analyze and compare the development of the V4 countries in terms of the Lisbon Strategy and by the use of structural indicators established for its evaluation and to assess their perspective in the new EU Strategy for 2020.