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The Open Method of Coordination (OMC) as an Evolutionary Learning Process [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of social policy and other fields, as an imitative learning dynamics of the type considered in evolutionary game theory. The best-practise feature and the iterative design of the OMC correspond to the behavioral rule "imitate the best." In
Ana B. Ania, Andreas Wagener
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The Open Method of Coordination as a ‘two-level game’ [PDF]

open access: yesPolicy & Politics, 2008
One of the most discussed issues surrounding the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is the way in which it influences national social policies. This article argues that the question of influence is incorrectly posed. Instead, the OMC has to be understood as a ‘two-level game’ in which member state governments and non-governmental actors try to have an ...
Büchs, M.
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The Open Method of Coordination – Effectively preventing welfare state retrenchment? [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Integration online Papers, 2009
This article re-examines the division between "optimists" and "pessimists" within the literature on the Open Method of Coordination's (OMC) effectiveness. Each of those "camps" tends to focus on a different question. "Optimists" are more concerned with the question of whether the OMC exerts an influence on the national level and through which ...
Büchs, Milena
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The Open Method of Coordination, a Cross-Border Mechanism for Social Practice

open access: yesEIRP Proceedings, 2013
In the light of the debate on the future of the European Union a new topic has started. This topic is represented by Europeanization process and its profound impact upon the public policy of the member states.
Tatiana-Camelia Dogaru
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How Legitimate is the Open Method of Co‐ordination?* [PDF]

open access: yesJCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2008
AbstractThis article argues that the OMC's legitimacy can be improved only by strengthening parliamentary channels of input‐legitimacy since output‐legitimacy alone is inappropriate and cannot be achieved without input‐legitimacy. In addition, concepts and practices of direct ‘stakeholder’ participation currently applied within the OMC are insufficient
MILENA BÜCHS   +3 more
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Evidence from the education and training policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Since the European Council in Lisbon, the use of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) and OMC-type processes have become widespread across policy areas of ...
Drachenberg, Ralf
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Organising Soft Governance in Hard Times - The Unlikely Survival of the Open Method of Coordination in EU Education Policy

open access: yesEuropean Papers, 2018
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2018 3(1), 235-255 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Theories of organisational change and survival. - II.1. Functional imperatives: organisational survival "on
Åse Gornitzka
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Implementing the Open Method of Co-ordination in Pensions [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2009
The article presents an insight into the European Union Open Methodof Co-ordination (OMC) in area of pension. The author’s goal was to presentthe development and the effects of implementation the OMC. The introductionis followed by three topic paragraphs:
Jarosław POTERAJ
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Failure of the Croatian Higher Education Reform

open access: yesCenter for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2012
The authors analyse the reasons for Croatian higher education reform since 2003, as well as its consequences. The main proposition of the paper is that the implementation of the Bologna Process in Croatia has failed due to a fundamental misunderstanding ...
Zoran Kurelić, Siniša Rodin
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