Social Europe : a dead end : what the eurozone crisis is doing to Europe's social dimension /

In the context of the eurocrisis and its current management, the long 'road to Social Europe' appears to has become a dead end. The present volume explores in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way the processes and driving forces at the root of the current social downward spiral. It ex...

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Other Authors: Lechevalier, Arnaud (Editor), Wielgohs, Jan, 1957- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : DJØF Publishing, 2015.
Edition:1st edition.
Series:Studies in European cooperation ; 4.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Social Europe: The Downward Spiral / Arnaud Lechevalier & Jan Wielgohs
  • 1. The State of Social Europe / Jean-Claude Barbier
  • 2. Eucken under the Pillow: The Ordoliberal Imprint on Social Europe / Arnaud Lechevalier
  • 3. A Tale of Two Federalisms: Social Policy in Canada and the European Union / Axel van den Berg & Jason Jensen
  • 4. Under Pressure of Budgetary Commitments: The New Economic Governance Framework Hamstrings Europe's Social Dimension / Björn Hacker
  • 5. The Mutation of the ECB from a Monetary to a Political Institution: Implications for the Future of a Democratic and Social Europe / Cécile Barbier
  • 6. National Labour Law Reforms in Europe in Time of Crisis: Do Fundamental Rights Still Matter? / Isabelle Schömann
  • 7. Social Investment: Towards a More Social Europe? / Francesco Laruffa
  • Conclusion. A Long Lasting Social Crisis, its Explanations and New Issues / Arnaud Lechevalier & Jan Wielgohs.