Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Daniel Silander, Associate Professor, Linnaeus University and Brigitte Pircher, Associate Professor, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden

• Contents:Part I Europe 2020 and Framework of Study 1. The European Commission and Europe 2020: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive GrowthDaniel Silander2. EU, Europe 2020 and a Social Market EconomyDaniel SilanderPart II Core Actors on Europe 20203. Policy-Making in the European Council and the Council of the EU on Europe 2020: The Presidency EffectBrigitte Pircher4. The European Parliament and the Europe 2020 Strategy: An Arena for Public Debate or Political Entrepreneurship? Mats Öhlén5. Local and Regional Involvement in Europe 2020: A Success Story?Brigitte Pircher6. Europe 2020, EU Agencies and Political EntrepreneurshipHelena EkelundPart III Policies on Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth 7. Policy-Evaluation in Competitiveness: Towards More Results-Oriented Industrial PoliciesCharlie Karlsson and Sam Tavassoli8. Research and InnovationAnne Haglund-Morrissey9. Gender Equality PolicyCharlotte Silander10. Asylum- and Migration Policies: Enabling Inclusive Growth in the EU?Anna Parkhouse11. Climate and Environmental Politics: Resource EfficientMartin Nilsson Section 4: Concluding Remarks12. European Political Entrepreneurship: Europe 2020 To An End Daniel Silander Index

'This edited volume is an excellent starting point for everyone interested in how Europe may continue to be a guiding beacon in terms of economy, democracy and sustainability when challenged by US techgiants and Chinese state enterprises.'--Bent Meier Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'This is a timely and highly policy relevant collection of contributions that explores the role of European political entrepreneurship in debating, shaping and implementing the Europe 2020 strategy within the EU. The book is coherent and provides its readers with key insights regarding the contents of Europe 2020, core actors and policies on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in current policy of the EU and in European political entrepreneurship.'--Martin Andersson, Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden