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The European Union’s governance of health care and the welfare modernization agenda
Author(s) -
Hervey Tamara K
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
regulation and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.417
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1748-5991
pISSN - 1748-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2007.00028.x
Subject(s) - corporate governance , modernization theory , european union , austerity , welfare state , health care , context (archaeology) , welfare , political science , public administration , political economy , economic growth , economic system , economics , politics , economic policy , law , management , paleontology , biology
In the face of “permanent welfare austerity,” the European Union (EU) is increasingly involved in the governance of health care through various “new governance” tools. This development coincides with a growing interest in modernization of welfare, including health care. One of the fundamental critiques of new governance in the EU context concerns the (perceived) inability of new governance to protect the “social” against the “market” in Europe’s constitutional settlement. Using multi‐level governance and constructivist approaches, this article considers whether the EU’s governance of health care via the “Open Method of Coordination” advances a neo‐liberal agenda of health care modernization.