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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252721203321

Autore

Crespy Amandine

Titolo

Welfare Markets in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : The Democratic Challenge of European Integration / / by Amandine Crespy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-57104-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 263 p. 10 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociology

International economics

Social policy

Economic policy

Economics

Social structure

Equality

Social service 

Sociology, general

International Economics

Social Policy

Political Economy/Economic Systems

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Social Care

Europe Economic integration

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Welfare markets, democracy and European integration -- 2. European Integration as marketization -- 3. Resistance to liberalization -- 4. The elusive pursuit of Social Europe -- 5. The contentious global agenda for services -- 6. Welfare services in times of austerity -- 7 Conclusion: The marketization and politicization of welfare services: old and new dynamics .



Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities among citizens, demonstrating how the marketization of European welfare has taken place over successive rounds of policymaking for European integration. These rounds have motivated national level public services reform, as well as contestation over these measures from civil society groups. The study traces the developments of policymaking at EU level since the late 1980s, offers in-depth studies of contentious debates which have sealed the fate of welfare services at the turn of the century, and offers insights on the problems involved with prolonged austerity in Europe. This book therefore shows how European integration is provoking a democratic challenge to what kind of Europe citizens want.