Mariely López-Santana (University of Michigan)
Having a ‘say’ without having to ‘pay’: The differential influence of the Open Method of Coordination on intra-governmental relations in western European states
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Ayse Idil Aybars (University of Ulster)
Open Method of Coordination, welfare states, and gender equality
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Jesse Norris (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Soft law in the multilevel governance of social policy: Portraits from two EU member states
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Maurizio Ferrera (University of Milan) Discussant

Bart Vanhercke (University of Amsterdam)
The political spill-over of the EMU and the  hanging advocacy coalition for the social protection OMCs
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Deirdre Kelleher (University of Limerick)
The EU's social inclusion process
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Alex Caveides (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Discussant

Dimitry Kochenov (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
The place of work and welfare reform promotion in the pre-accession: Why do commission’s unlimited
powers bring only modest results?
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Jessica Winchell (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Rethinking Europeanization: The impact of the European Employment Strategy on new member
states as a case for multi-level theory
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CharlotteWest (Södertörn University College)
Europeanization of Employment Policy Making in the Baltic States
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Jonathan Zeitlin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Discussant

Gerben Korthouwer (University of Amsterdam)
Governing work and welfare in the Netherlands: Does partisanship matter?
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Laura Nistor (University of Groningen)
National welfare reforms in the light of the Community law: The case of the Dutch health insurance reform
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J. Timo Weishaupt (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
New deals and new agendas: British and German experiences with labor market reforms
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Anton Hemerijck (Netherlands Scientific Council for Government & Policy and the University of Leiden)Discussant

Manuela Galetto (University of Milano)
Employment objectives of territorial employment pacts in Italy
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Erin C. McGrath (University of Pittsburgh)
Western European corporatism(s): Models for Eastern Europe?
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Nynke Wiekenkamp (University of Amsterdam)
Sources and dynamics of learning in social pacts: For better, for worse
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Sabina Avdagic (European University Institute)Discussant