The launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights occurred at a phase of endogenous critical juncture for Social Europe. By analyzing the Pillar's formulation and adoption process, we investigate to what extent the European Commission used the involvement of civil society and policy responsiveness to foster change in the modes of governance and legitimize stronger intervention in the social sphere, by re-launching the methods of coordination introduced in the 1990s. Methodologically, we rely on a content analysis of EU policy documents before and after the public consultations, a content analysis of over 60 position papers and on interviews with policy actors. We find that despite increased openness and responsiveness, the Pillar initiative did not allow to alter the predominance of ‘soft law’ routes and patterns of intergovernmentalism characterizing the governance of EU social policy, a result that further qualifies the conditions that lead (endogenous) critical junctures to generate change.

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回到欧盟社会政策的未来？内生的关键时刻和欧洲社会权利支柱的案例

欧洲社会权利支柱的启动发生在社会欧洲的内生关键时刻。通过分析支柱的制定和采用过程，我们调查了欧盟委员会在多大程度上利用公民社会的参与和政策响应来促进治理模式的变革，并通过重新启动1990 年代引入的协调。在方法论上，我们依靠在公众咨询前后对欧盟政策文件的内容分析、对 60 多份立场文件的内容分析以及对政策参与者的采访。我们发现，尽管开放性和响应能力有所提高，