Fighting poverty and social exclusion in the EU : a chance in Europe 2020

In the field of anti-poverty policies, the interplay between the Europe 2020 overarching strategy and the \u201cSemester\u201d have marked major discontinuity vis \ue0 vis the Social OMC of the Lisbon phase. The volume therefore asks whether and how Europe matters in the fight against poverty and social exclusion by assessing the emergence and possible institutionalization of a European multi-level, multi-stakeholder and integrated policy arena in the new institutional framework. Supranational developments, multilevel interactions, as well as effects at the national level are explored in six European countries - Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, UK and Sweden \u2013 also aiming to capture the key factors affecting the implementation of the Europe 2020 anti-poverty strategy. This book will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners in social policy, political science, European governance, European Union politics, European integrations studies, sociology and economics