Promoting Solidarity in the European Union
1st Edition
Published on 3. June 2010
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-0-19-958318-8 (ISBN)
Description
The European Commission has claimed that 'Solidarity is part of how European society works...'. But how are we to understand solidarity, and what are its implications to Government policy? Promoting Solidarity in the European Union addresses the question of what solidarity might mean today and its relevance to the purposes of the European Union and the way it functions. Is solidarity just a slogan or can it have meaningful legal and policy content? Contributions from leading scholars in law, politics, and sociology are brought together in this volume to discuss an idea that is coming under fresh scrutiny at a time when the EU's direction following the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty is hotly debated. The book engages with both the content and limitations of solidarity as a concept in political and legal debate, and its application to specific fields such as migration, education and pensions policies.
The book provides a thoughtful and provocative analysis of the power and potential of solidarity, applying a sceptical and rigorous assessment of the conditions necessary for it to make a difference to the European political and legal space at a time when traditional manifestations of national solidarity (e.g. in health care) are perceived to be under threat from EU market liberalization policies. A number of chapters consider whether an EU concept of solidarity is possible and how that might affect the balance between market and social priorities for the Union's future.
If the EU is to be more than just a market, promoting solidarity as a value and a principle has a key role. This rich collection of essays explores how solidarity might fulfil its status as a core value for the Union.
The book provides a thoughtful and provocative analysis of the power and potential of solidarity, applying a sceptical and rigorous assessment of the conditions necessary for it to make a difference to the European political and legal space at a time when traditional manifestations of national solidarity (e.g. in health care) are perceived to be under threat from EU market liberalization policies. A number of chapters consider whether an EU concept of solidarity is possible and how that might affect the balance between market and social priorities for the Union's future.
If the EU is to be more than just a market, promoting solidarity as a value and a principle has a key role. This rich collection of essays explores how solidarity might fulfil its status as a core value for the Union.
Reviews / Votes
Ross and Borgman-Prebil's book is an excellent starting point...debates on solidarity in European law and legal literature in general, which is to be welcomed in the era of societal, economic and political change. * Egle Dagilyte, Legal Studies * ...a very central and impressive contribution, which is highly recommendable not only to EU lawyers, but also to others with a general interest in, e.g., the concept itself, the balance between market and social priorities, the influence of the EU liberalisation policies, the future of the national welfare states, social market economy and the development of a European Social Model. Altogether, I have enjoyed reading the book, which intelligent, timely and well written and edited...a fascinating and important subject. * Ulla Neergaard, University of Copenhagen *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academics and research students of EU law and integration, as well as advanced political science students and scholars working on European welfare states.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-958318-8 (9780199583188)
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Persons
Malcolm Ross has been Professor of European Law at the University of Sussex since 2000. He has written extensively on a range of EU law topics, especially state aid, services of general economic interest and the constitutional jurisprudence of the Court of Justice. He is currently completing a monograph on Solidarity in EU Law, also to be published by OUP.
Yuri Borgmann-Prebil holds degrees from the Universities of Cologne, East Anglia and Sussex. He is currently Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex.
Yuri Borgmann-Prebil holds degrees from the Universities of Cologne, East Anglia and Sussex. He is currently Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex.
Content
1. Promoting European Solidarity - Between Rhetoric and Reality? ; 2. Solidarity - A New Constitutional Paradigm for the EU? ; 3. Mission Impossible? Limits and Perils of Institutionalizing Post-National Social Policy ; 4. Solidarity and the Commission's 'Renewed Social Agenda' ; 5. The Price of Letting Courts Value Solidarity: The Judicial Role in Liberalizing Welfare ; 6. When Patients Exit, What Happens to Solidarity? ; 7. EU Environmental Solidarity and the Ecological Consumer: Towards a Republican Citizenship ; 8. Irregular Migrants: Beyond the Limits of Solidarity? ; 9. A Certain Degree of Solidarity? Free Movement of Persons and Access to Social Protection in the Case Law of the European Court of Justice ; 10. Age Discrimination in Law and Policy: How the Equal Treatment Directive Affects National Welfare States ; 11. Promoting the Multi-Pillar Model? The EU and the Development of Funded Pension Schemes ; 12. How to Govern for Solidarity? An Introduction to Policy Learning in the Context of Open Methods of Coordinating Education Policies in the European Union ; 13. Relating Territorial Cohesion, Solidarity, and Spatial Justice