Governing social inclusion: Europeanization through policy coordination

"The Treaty of Amsterdam committed European Union Member States to tackle social exclusion: a commitment taken forward by the Lisbon meeting of EU political leaders in 2000. The aim of this book is to explore from an inter-disciplinary perspective the possibilities and limitations of the attempts by the EU to co-ordinate and 'Europeanize' Member States' strategies and policies to tackle poverty and social exclusion"--