Implementing Social Europe in Times of Crises

Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen is Professor with special responsibilities in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research focuses on EU welfare policies and investigating integration and national implementation of EU social policies, including health care. Hans Vollaard is Lecturer in Dutch and European politics at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research interests include Euro-scepticism in The Netherlands, European disintegration, European health policies, and Christianity in Dutch politics.

• 1. Implementing Social Europe in Times of Crises: Re-established Boundaries of Welfare? 2. Transposition and National Level Resources – Introducing the Cross Border Health Care Directive in Eastern Europe 3. Bounded Rationality in Transposition Processes: The Case of the European Patients’ Rights Directive 4. Altered Europeanization of pension reform in the context of the Great Recession? Denmark and Italy compared 5. Clawing Back Lost Powers? Parliamentary Scrutiny over the Transposition of EU Social Policy Directives in the Netherlands 6. Judicial Europeanization: The case of Zambrano in Ireland 7. Europeanization with Many Unknowns: National Company Law Reforms after Centros 8. Enforcing Social Europe through Labour Inspectorates: Changes in Capacity and Cooperation across Europe 9. Social Europe and its components in the midst of crisis: A Conclusion