Social Europe The Road Not Taken

Author : Aurélie Dianara Andry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-06
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780192867094

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This book examines the European Left's attempt to think and give shape to an alternative type of European integration-a 'social Europe'-during the long 1970s. Based on fresh archival material, it shows that the western European Left-in particular social democratic parties, trade unions, and to a lesser extent 'Eurocommunist' parties-formulated a project to turn 'capitalist Europe' into a 'workers' Europe'. This project favoured coordinated measures for wealth redistribution, market regulation, a democratisation of the economy and of European institutions, upward harmonisation of social and fiscal systems, more inclusive welfare regimes, guaranteed employment, economic and social planning with greater consideration for the environment, increased public spending to meet collective needs, greater control of capital flows and multinational corporations, a reduction in working time, and a fairer international economic order favouring the global south. During the pivotal years following 1968, deeply marked by labour militancy, new social movements, economic crisis, and the unmaking of the 'postwar compromise', a window of opportunity opened in which European integration could have taken different roads. The defeat of 'social Europe' was a result of a decade-long social conflict which ended with the affirmation of a neoliberal Europe. Investigating this forgotten struggle and the reasons of its defeat can be useful not just to scholars and students eager to understand the historical evolution of European integration, the European Left, and European capitalism, but also to anyone interested in building alternative European and global futures.

Author : Aurélie Dianara Andry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192692696

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Social Europe, the Road not Taken by Aurélie Dianara Andry Pdf

This book examines the European Left's attempt to think and give shape to an alternative type of European integration-a 'social Europe'-during the long 1970s. Based on fresh archival material, it shows that the western European Left-in particular social democratic parties, trade unions, and to a lesser extent 'Eurocommunist' parties-formulated a project to turn 'capitalist Europe' into a 'workers' Europe'. This project favoured coordinated measures for wealth redistribution, market regulation, a democratisation of the economy and of European institutions, upward harmonisation of social and fiscal systems, more inclusive welfare regimes, guaranteed employment, economic and social planning with greater consideration for the environment, increased public spending to meet collective needs, greater control of capital flows and multinational corporations, a reduction in working time, and a fairer international economic order favouring the global south. During the pivotal years following 1968, deeply marked by labour militancy, new social movements, economic crisis, and the unmaking of the 'postwar compromise', a window of opportunity opened in which European integration could have taken different roads. The defeat of 'social Europe' was a result of a decade-long social conflict which ended with the affirmation of a neoliberal Europe. Investigating this forgotten struggle and the reasons of its defeat can be useful not just to scholars and students eager to understand the historical evolution of European integration, the European Left, and European capitalism, but also to anyone interested in building alternative European and global futures.

Author : Aurélie Dianara Andry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0192692682

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Social Europe, the Road Not Taken by Aurélie Dianara Andry Pdf

This volume examines the European Left's attempt to think and give shape to an alternative type of European integration - a 'social Europe' - during the long 1970s, showing that the western European Left - in particular social democratic parties, trade unions, and 'Eurocommunist' parties - formulated a project to turn 'capitalist Europe' into a 'workers' Europe'.

Author : Jean-Claude Barbier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780415688888

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The Road to Social Europe by Jean-Claude Barbier Pdf

In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how 'solidarity' can happen at all. The Road to Social Europe reviews the development of political cultural processes since the nineteenth century, showing how social protection and social justice have gradually become interwoven with systems of social protection, or welfare states. Grounded on extensive empirical research conducted in many EU countries and in the European Commission's administration over twenty years, the book provides a cultural analysis of welfare systems in Europe. It also presents an original enquiry into the importance of languages for politics in Europe, for the politics of welfare, and for sociological research. It shows how sociological and ethnographic analysis can help in understanding the current and future challenges of European integration that rely unilaterally on functional economics. This in-depth sociological analysis of European diversity will appeal to a wide audience of students and scholars of sociology, political science, political economy and European studies.

Author : Social Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3948314004

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Social Europe by Social Europe Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Europe
ISBN : HARVARD:HXLN85

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The State of the European Union by Anonim Pdf

Author : Georg Menz,Amandine Crespy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137473400

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Social Policy and the Eurocrisis by Georg Menz,Amandine Crespy Pdf

In this study, an international and multidisciplinary team take stock of the promise and shortfalls of 'Social Europe' today, examining the response to the Eurocrisis, the past decade of social policy in the image of the Lisbon Agenda, and the politics that derailed a more Delorsian Europe from ever emerging.

Author : Anthony Giddens,Patrick Diamond,Roger Liddle
Publisher : Polity
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745639352

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Global Europe, Social Europe by Anthony Giddens,Patrick Diamond,Roger Liddle Pdf

'Global Europe, Social Europe' makes an essential contribution to the debate now opening up over the future of Europe in the wake of the demise of the Constitution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065887063

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Social Europe by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Orr
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780698140899

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The Road Not Taken by David Orr Pdf

A cultural “biography” of Robert Frost’s beloved poem, arguably the most popular piece of literature written by an American “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . .” One hundred years after its first publication in August 1915, Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget that it is, in fact, a poem. Yet poetry it is, and Frost’s immortal lines remain unbelievably popular. And yet in spite of this devotion, almost everyone gets the poem hopelessly wrong. David Orr’s The Road Not Taken dives directly into the controversy, illuminating the poem’s enduring greatness while revealing its mystifying contradictions. Widely admired as the poetry columnist for The New York Times Book Review, Orr is the perfect guide for lay readers and experts alike. Orr offers a lively look at the poem’s cultural influence, its artistic complexity, and its historical journey from the margins of the First World War all the way to its canonical place today as a true masterpiece of American literature. “The Road Not Taken” seems straightforward: a nameless traveler is faced with a choice: two paths forward, with only one to walk. And everyone remembers the traveler taking “the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” But for a century readers and critics have fought bitterly over what the poem really says. Is it a paean to triumphant self-assertion, where an individual boldly chooses to live outside conformity? Or a biting commentary on human self-deception, where a person chooses between identical roads and yet later romanticizes the decision as life altering? What Orr artfully reveals is that the poem speaks to both of these impulses, and all the possibilities that lie between them. The poem gives us a portrait of choice without making a decision itself. And in this, “The Road Not Taken” is distinctively American, for the United States is the country of choice in all its ambiguous splendor. Published for the poem’s centennial—along with a new Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Frost’s poems, edited and introduced by Orr himself—The Road Not Taken is a treasure for all readers, a triumph of artistic exploration and cultural investigation that sings with its own unforgettably poetic voice.

Author : Nicholas Moussis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122462356

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Access to Social Europe by Nicholas Moussis Pdf

The 5th edition of this publication has been completely revised and updated and provides a comprehensive analysis of the major political and legislative developments that have occurred in the social sector since the establishment of the Common Market. The publication is divided into eight chapters: introduction to European social policy; the economic and social cohesion of the Union; freedom of movement of workers; freedom of establishment and recognition of qualifications; common employment policy; education, vocational training and youth policies; common measures for improving living and working conditions; and appraisal and outlook of the common social policy. Each chapter contains a significant number of references to Official Journal texts, as well as an annex providing full texts of all the important legal acts mentioned therein. It is intended for human resource managers, trade union representatives, lawyers, government officials, trade association executives, consultants, academics and international organisations.

Author : Jacek Kubera,Tomasz Morozowski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Economic growth
ISBN : 0367409577

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A `Social Turn' in the European Union? by Jacek Kubera,Tomasz Morozowski Pdf

"An important debate is under way in the European Union (EU) over what should be shared at community level and what should be left to individual nations. Social Europe is a key topic in the construction of the EU and its institutions. This volume examines the current state of, and perspectives for, Social Europe, as well as key issues in European social policy, including the posting of workers, the impact of the free market and regulations on social convergence, work automation, digitalisation, taxation and democracy in the workplace. The aim of this volume is to identify a course to be followed in integrating the EU's social policies and point to areas in which co-operation between member states is likely to produce best results. The concept of 'social turn' is used as a theoretical tool to describe and explain European policy in the field of social issues, with 'social turn' defined as a change in the way of thinking about Social Europe. While a Social Europe was previously seen to be a natural consequence of political and economic integration, it is now viewed as a separate area that requires active policies to preserve the European project. The EU's big question today concerns the level at which this policy should be pursued: the volume's contributors outline difficulties with harmonising social policies across the Union, but they nevertheless argue that, owing to the common challenges faced by Europe, the idea of a Social Europe must not be abandoned and requires specific action. The volume consists of 11 chapters that propose ways in which the idea of a Social Europe can be put into practice. Chapter 1 outlines prospects for developing European social policy: is this idea becoming obsolete, as some argue? The following six chapters discuss areas that require action at both the national and European levels (such as democracy in the workplace, work automation, digitalisation and taxes). Is it possible to work towards common goals across the EU while accounting for the different levels and contexts of its functioning? The next three chapters are authored by representatives of the authorities of the Weimar Triangle states of France, Germany and Poland, and shed light on the views and arguments raised in the debate on the future of Social Europe. The final chapter offers conclusions as well as a thesis whereby, as a result of the 'social turn', social policy can no longer be seen as derived from economic policy but rather as a separate driver of development that could be of interest to the northern, southern and eastern states of the EU"--

Author : Rudolf Bahro
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789606812

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The Alternative in Eastern Europe by Rudolf Bahro Pdf

The contemporary Marxist writer provides analyses of socialist theory, modern political struggle, and socialist societies in Eastern Europe.

Author : Louise B. Van Tartwijk-Novey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0819184918

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The United States and the European Community by Louise B. Van Tartwijk-Novey Pdf

Author : Colin Crouch
Publisher : Social Europe Limited
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3948314128

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Social Europe - A Manifesto by Colin Crouch Pdf

The European Union is excellently equipped to pursue the most urgent issues facing the advanced world: combating environmental damage and climate change, coping with the massive aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, reforming globalisation, regulating financialised capitalism, reducing material inequalities and reconciling the future of work in a rapidly changing economy with workers' needs for secure lives. The EU's leading role as global standard-setter, and the potential of the social-investment welfare state, are among the instruments at its disposal. But, argues Colin Crouch in this manifesto for a return to the 'social Europe' agenda, to achieve these goals the EU needs to face the two menaces stalking today's politics: neoliberalism and xenophobic nationalism. To do so it must confront the weakness of social democracy, historically the main political protagonist of the causes of co-operation and inclusion on which the strategy depends.