Role of international organizations in social policy ideas, actors and impact edited by Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal and Even Nilssen.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal and Even Nilssen -- 2. Comparing social policy ideas within the EU and the OECD / Nanna Kildal -- 3. Directly-deliberative polyarchy : a suitable democracy model for European social policy? / Milena Büchs -- 4. Combating social exclusion in the European Union / Even Nilssen -- 5. Policy making and application of law : free movement of persons and the European Court of Justice / Aksel Hatland and Even Nilssen -- 6. EU and OECD advice and changes in German family policy : can reforms be attributed to participation in learning processes? / Tord Skogedal Lindén -- 7. Policy actors, ideas and power : EU and OECD pension policy recommendations and national policies in Norway and the UK / Rune Ervik -- 8. In search. of a new approach to pension policy : the International Labour Office between internal tension and external pressure / Remi Maier-Rigaud ; 9. Towards a European convergence in pension policy outputs? evidence from the OMC on pensions / Axel West Pedersen and Henning Finseraas -- 10. Global health policy : what role for international governmental organizations? / Christof Schiller, Henni Hensen and Stein Kuhnle.

This book considers the role of international organizations and their promotion of ideas and recommendations in social and health policy. It explores a wide range of organizations, scrutinizing their ideas-based content, their role as policy actors and their impact on national policy.