The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being

Giovanni Bertin, Professor of Comparative Welfare States, Department of Economics, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy, Marion Ellison, Professor of European Social Policy and Sociology, Department of Psychology, Sociology and Education, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK and Giuseppe Moro, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, Department of Political Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Contents:

Foreword ix
1 Introduction: healing the divisions – restoring the
foundations for a ‘Social Europe’ 1
Marion Ellison, Giovani Bertin and Giuseppe Moro
2 Moving forward together? European welfare regimes and
the differentiation of welfare policies 17
Giovanni Bertin
3 Is there a European Social Model? Theorising the
relationship between economics and society 37
Giuseppe Moro
4 A Europe for all with all? EU Cohesion Policy and social
inclusion across EU states and regions 57
Marion Ellison
5 ‘Making it count’: investing in a Social Europe that is
meaningful for young people 97
Marion Ellison
6 Power to the people? The European Social Model and the
convergence of new social policies for empowerment 129
Giuseppe Moro
7 For all our futures? The European Social Model and the
convergence of new social policies for older people 147
Giovanni Bertin
8 Fit for purpose? The architecture and processes of hybrid
governance, and the overlapping of market, hierarchy and
network 174
Giovanni Bertin
9 ‘Building a European home’: mechanisms for the
construction of a common social space within the European Union 200
Giuseppe Moro
10 Conclusion: towards a progressive transformation of the
European economic and social model 221
Giovanni Bertin, Marion Ellison and Giuseppe Moro

Index 239