"The Euro Area, the Schengen Area, the Franco-German 'motor' and Nordic cooperation illustrate how differentiation has become a pervasive and significant feature of European integration. This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive examination of differentiated integration in its...

Introduction -- The Europeanisation process and the Greek political system -- The domestic constraints on reform -- Whose benefits? the elusive reform of the Greek pension system -- The puzzle of jobless growth : the challenge of reforming the Greek labour market -- Destination nowhere :...

The author analyses the goals and instruments of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), discusses approaches which theorise its functioning, examines its policy content and develops a framework for its evaluation