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Title:

Social rights in Europe in an age of austerity / edited by Stefano Civitarese Matteucci and Simon Halliday.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xx, 300 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Europa˜ische Union
Social rights--European Union countries.
Social legislation--European Union countries.
Public welfare--Law and legislation--European Union countries.
Public welfare--Economic aspects--European Union countries.
Welfare state--European Union countries.
Civil rights--European Union countries.
Civil rights.
Public welfare--Economic aspects.
Public welfare--Law and legislation.
Social legislation.
Social rights.
Welfare state.
Europe--European Union countries.
Soziale Rechte
Sozialpolitik
Sozialreform

Other Authors:

Civitarese M., Stefano (Civitarese Matteucci), editor.
Halliday, Simon, 1966- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Social rights, the welfare state, and European austerity / Stefano Civitarese and Simon Halliday -- France / Diane Roman -- Germany / Ulrike Lembke -- Italy / Alessandra Albanese -- Spain / Dolores Utrilla -- Uk /Jed Meers -- Austerity, conditionality, and litigation in six European nations / Michael Adler and Lars Inge Terum -- Should a minimum income be unconditional? / Stuart White -- The social dimension of fundamental rights in times of crisis / Francesco Ferraro -- Social rights and welfare reform in times of economic crisis / Jeff King -- The political economy of European social rights / Emilios Christodoulidis and Marco Goldoni -- Economic crisis and territorial asymmetrical effects on the guarantee of social rights within the European Economic and Monetary Union / Francesco Bilancia -- Free movement of persons and transnational solidarity in the EU : a melancholic eulogy / Stefano Giubboni.

Summary:

This collection of essays examines the promise and limits of social rights in Europe in a time of austerity. Presenting in the first instance five national case studies, representing the biggest European economies (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), it offers an account of recent reforms to social welfare and the attempts to resist them through litigation. The case studies are then used as a foundation for theory-building about social rights. This second group of chapters develops theory along two complementary lines: first, they explore the dynamics between social rights, public law, poverty and welfare in times of economic crisis; second, they consider the particular significance of the European context for articulations of, and struggles over, social rights. Employing a range and depth of expertise across Europe, the book constitutes a timely and highly significant contribution to socio-legal scholarship about the character and resilience of social rights in our national and regional constitutional settings.

Series:

Critical studies in jurisprudence series

ISBN:

1138700592
9781138700598

OCLC:

(OCoLC)968690479

LCCN:

2017001664

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)