ISBN : 2738499805

TOWARDS A EUROPEANISATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES? A SCANDINAVIAN PERSPECTIVE

Izâre Hagen



This article reviewsfour approaches to europeanisation : the study of"Brussels activities")
the study of "Brussels interoentions") the analYsis of "structural imbalance" and the
study of national political-economic adaptations. In the Scandinavian Welfare States there
are onlY afew clear signs of europeanisation. The most likelY process of europeanisation in
the Scandinavian welfare regimes is the growth of private supPlY of social insurance
relative to the public sector.