EU's Lisbon Strategy

KENNETH ARMSTRONG Professor of European Union Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UKSIMON BULMER Professor of European Politics and Head of Department, University of Sheffield, UKPAUL COPELAND Hallsworth Research Fellow of Political Economy, University of Manchester, UKANNE CORBETT Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMARY DALY Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast, UKANNIEK DE RUIJTER PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, the NetherlandsKENNETH DYSON Professor of European Studies, Cardiff School of European Studies, UKJAKOB EDLER Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy and Executive Director at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, MBS, University of Manchester, UKKEVIN FEATHERSTONE Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Professor of European Politics at the London School of Economics, UKTAMARA HERVEY Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, University of Sheffield, UKSCOTT JAMES Lecturer in European Public Policy, Department of Political Economy, King's College London, UKANDREAS KORNELAKIS Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Sussex, School of Business, Management and Economics, UK DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU Reader of European Politics, University of Manchester, UKLUCIA QUAGLIA Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex, UKPLATON TINIOS Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus, GreeceSAMANTHA VELLUTI Senior Lecturer in Law, Lincoln Law School, UKSOTIRIOS ZARTALOUDIS Lecturer in International Politics, University of Manchester, School of Social Sciences, UK

• Introduction; P.Copeland & D.Papadimitriou The Origins and Evolution of the Lisbon Strategy; S.James Governing the Lisbon Strategy: Uncertain Governance in Turbulent Economic Times; S.Bulmer Conceptualising the Lisbon Strategy: Europeanization and Varieties of Capitalism; K.Featherstone, A.Kornelakis & S.Zartaloudis Social Inclusion and the Lisbon Strategy; M.Daly Employment and the Lisbon Strategy; S.Velluti Pensions and the Lisbon Strategy; P.Tinios Healthcare and the Lisbon Strategy; A.de Ruijter & T.K.Hervey Education and the Lisbon Strategy; A.Corbett Research and Innovation and the Lisbon Strategy; J.Edler Economic and Monetary Union and the Lisbon Strategy; K.Dyson & L.Quaglia The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020: From the Governance of Coordination to the Coordination of Governance; K.A.Armst rong Conclusion: The Lisbon Strategy: Evaluating Success and Understanding Failure; P.Copeland & D.Papadimitriou

This is a welcome and timely collection that evaluates the impact of the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy' over a decade after its inception and at a time of economic turmoil for the EU. The line-up of contributors is impressive and their contributions are individually and collectively well worth reading. They present a convincing assessment of the failures of the Lisbon agenda to deliver on its aims, offering sober reflections on the weaknesses of EU governance in the past, as well as some suggestions for its future strengthening and reform. Grainne de Burca, New York University Law School, USA This book provides an extensive analysis of the successes and failures of the Strategy by presenting an impressive range of policy areas. From a policy practitioner's point of view this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand both Lisbon and its successor, Europe 2020. Elisa Roller, European Commission Bringing together excellent researchers in different policy areas, the book provides an overview of this new form of EU governance architecture that combines open voluntary coordination and the traditional Community method. This is a valuable, competent, and critical study that will certainly become a seminal work in EU studies. Susana Borras, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark