Europe and National Economic Transformation

In 2000, the European Union set out to shape itself into the world's "most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy" within a decade. But how great is the capacity of the EU to orchestrate 'competitiveness'? Can common policy instruments produce consistent effects across diverse varieties of capitalism? Has substantial policy learning taken place in response to the successes and failures of the Lisbon agenda? Europe and National Economic Transformation identifies the nature and limits of the transformative capacities of the EU's push for economic gains. The book does so by examining the consequences of the decade-long Lisbon process and its successor, Europe 2020. It explores a broad range of economic outcomes and consequences for an array of policy areas, including innovation financing, employment services, labor migration policy and pension reform.

Introduction: Evaluating the Lisbon Process, a Soft Approach to Hard Objectives; M.P.Smith PART I: LISBON, 'COMPETITIVENESS' AND NATIONAL MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Evaluating the Performance Record under the Lisbon Agenda; D.L.Cleeton Innovation and Competition in the EU15: Empirical Evidence on the Lisbon Decade and Beyond; M.Ugur & U.Guner PART II: LISBON AND NATIONAL MODELS OF CAPITALISM European Integration, Social Protection, and the Lisbon Agenda; A.M.van der Veen & C.S.Allen Innovation Financing in Europe: What has Financial Market Integration Brought?; R.Deeg Lisbon and 'Better Regulation': Implications for National Regulatory Governance; M.P.Smith PART III: LISBON, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT The Transformation of Public Employment Services During the Lisbon Decade; W.Schelkle, D.Mabbett, & M.Freier Adapting Pension Policy to meet the Lisbon Strategy's Goals; P.Kostadinova Re-Discovering Migration as a Strategy for Human Resources: Employers and the Rhetorical Claims of Competitiveness during the Lisbon Era; G.Menz Conclusion: Does Europe 2020 represent learning from the Lisbon strategy?; R.Vilpišauskas