This book examines the European Strategy for Employment (EES) and its implementation through the Open Method of Coordination, exploring what the EES reveals about recent developments in EU social governance, and offering new insights and fresh perspectives into the operation of New Governance and its relationship with law and constitutionalism.

1. Introduction 2. Conceptualizing "New" EU Governance: Revisiting Law and Constitutionalism in an Evolving European Union 3. The Impact of Globalization, Market Integration and EMU on EU Social Governance 4. The Evolution of European Labour Law: from "Employment Law" to "Employment Policy" 5. The European Employment Strategy and its Implementation through the Open Method of Coordination 6. Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in the Re-Articulation of Labour Market Policies in Italy, Denmark and the Czech Republic 7. An Assessment of Ten Years of Existence of the European Employment Strategy 8. Conclusion

Dr Samantha Velluti is Senior Lecturer in Law at Lincoln Law School. She has researched extensively in the area of EU governance and constitutionalism and the Open Method of Co-ordination in the context of employment, gender equality and migration. Her current research focuses on the relationship between New Governance and EU constitutionalism and law, gender mainstreaming, gender equality and migration. Recent publications include: Gender and the Open Method of Coordination. Perspectives on Law, Governance and Equality in the EU (Ashgate, 2008) co-edited with Professor Fiona Beveridge, Liverpool Law School and Gender and Migration in 21st Century Europe (Ashgate 2009) co-edited with Dr. Helen Stalford and Dr. Samantha Currie, Liverpool Law School.