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Contents

Introduction

1. Crafting the political discourse of the EU in the ‘social policy’ area

- The politics of EU social policy: scarce funding, hard law and profuse discourse

- Forums and arenas where the discourse is created

- Evolving forms of politicization and the production of discourse

2. Discourses and practices from the late 1990s to the post-crisis Europe 2020 strategy

- The 1995-2004 period

- 2005-2009: from the first Barroso Commission to the crisis

- A new period began in 2010

Conclusion