The European Social Question - Professor Amandine Crespy

The European Social Question

Tackling Key Controversies
Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2022
Agenda Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78821-358-5 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
This analysis of EU social policy-making asks whether the EU's efforts contribute to social cohesion or, on the contrary, undermine it, and whether its action in the social realm should be intensified, or curtailed.
Over recent years it has become increasingly clear that the European Union is falling short of its promise to enhance social cohesion across the continent. Welfare state modernization has been at the centre of divisive debates over the redistribution of wealth and imbalances between a wealthy European core and its peripheries. Some see the policies and governance of the EU as part of the problem, others rather as the solution.


This book examines the key issues facing the EU’s social policy-making. Each chapter focuses on a single challenge and explores the arguments and considerations that coalesce around it. The book helps students and researchers alike to understand how the EU operates and shapes social policy on multiple levels, and to better assess the EU’s role in supporting social cohesion.

Amandine Crespy is Associate Professor in Political Science and European Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles and a visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges. She is the author of Welfare Markets in Europe: The Democratic Challenge of European Integration (2016) and the co-editor of Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union (with R. Coman and V. Schmidt) (2020).

Introduction: “Social Europe”: irrelevant, catching up, or dangerous?1. What is the European social question?2. Is the EU a key player in addressing social issues?3. Are socially-minded actors too weak in EU policy-making?4. Is European social regulation a thing of the past?5. Does liberalization undermine social cohesion?6. Does the European social dialogue really protect European workers?7. Does soft coordination support welfare states?8. Is redistribution unconditional?9. Is the EU fit for the social challenges of the twenty-first century?Conclusion: from the social question to the democratic questionIndex of CJEU Rulings

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Building Progressive Alternatives
Verlagsort Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10 1-78821-358-0 / 1788213580
ISBN-13 978-1-78821-358-5 / 9781788213585
Zustand Neuware
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