The EU's Lisbon Strategy / Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics (PDF)

KENNETH ARMSTRONG Professor of European Union Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
SIMON BULMER Professor of European Politics and Head of Department, University of Sheffield, UK
PAUL COPELAND Hallsworth Research Fellow of Political Economy, University of Manchester, UK
ANNE CORBETT Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
MARY DALY Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast, UK
ANNIEK DE RUIJTER PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, the Netherlands
KENNETH DYSON Professor of European Studies, Cardiff School of European Studies, UK
JAKOB EDLER Professor of Innovation Policy and Strategy and Executive Director at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, MBS, University of Manchester, UK
KEVIN FEATHERSTONE Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and
Professor of European Politics at the London School of Economics, UK
TAMARA HERVEY Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, University of Sheffield, UK
SCOTT JAMES Lecturer in European Public Policy, Department of Political Economy, King's College London, UK
ANDREAS KORNELAKIS Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Sussex, School of Business, Management and Economics, UK
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU Reader of European Politics, University of Manchester, UK
LUCIA QUAGLIA Senior Lecturer, University of Sussex, UK
PLATON TINIOS Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Piraeus, Greece
SAMANTHA VELLUTI Senior Lecturer in Law, Lincoln Law School, UK
SOTIRIOS ZARTALOUDIS Lecturer in International Politics, University of Manchester, School of Social Sciences,
UK

This is a welcome and timely collection that evaluates the impact of the EU's 'Lisbon Strategy' over a decade after its inception and at a time of economic turmoil for the EU. The line-up of contributors is impressive and their contributions are individually and collectively well worth reading. They present a convincing assessment of the failures of the Lisbon agenda to deliver on its aims, offering sober reflections on the weaknesses of EU governance in the past, as well as some suggestions for its future strengthening and reform.

Gráinne de Búrca, New York University Law School, USA

This book provides an extensive analysis of the successes and failures of the Strategy by presenting an impressive range of policy areas. From a policy practitioner's point of view this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand both Lisbon and its successor, Europe 2020.

Elisa Roller, European Commission

Bringing together excellent researchers in different policy areas, the book provides an overview of this new form of EU governance architecture that combines open voluntary coordination and the traditional Community method. This is a valuable, competent, and critical study that will certainly become a seminal work in EU studies.

Susana Borrás, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark