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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790379803321

Autore

Whyman Philip

Titolo

The political economy of the European social model / / Philip B. Whyman, Mark Baimbridge and Andrew Mullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-28620-9

1-280-68222-1

9786613659163

0-203-11330-6

1-136-28621-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (411 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the European economy ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

BaimbridgeMark

MullenAndrew

Disciplina

305.80094

Soggetti

European Union countries Social policy

European Union countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. From liberal to neo-liberal Europe -- pt. 2. Alternative social models to neo-liberal Europe -- pt. 3. The neoliberalization of EU policy -- pt. 4. What future for a social Europe?

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to analyse the development of the European Union (EU), which was founded upon the principle of the free movement of capital, goods, services and people in 1957. Its central thesis is that, from a practical and theoretical point of view, such a basis is fundamentally at odds with the creation of an interventionist regime that the construction of a social Europe would require.The authors argue convincingly that - economically: the EU does not currently possess the budget or the economic tools to pursue such a strategy; politically: close to none of the institutions of t