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This book presents the outcome of a project coordinated by the European Trade Union Institute in which experts from different countries and social scientific disciplines (sociology, political science and economics) were invited to reflect on both the mean
List of contents
Introduction ~ Amparo Serrano Pascual and Maria Jepsen; The concept of ESM and supranational legitimacy-building ~ Maria Jepsen and Amparo Serrano Pascual; Taking stock of social Europe: is there such a thing as a community social model? ~ Janine Goetschy; The ESM as responsible for the employment gap ~ Wiemer Salverda; Activation policies and the European social model ~ Joel F. Handler; Has the European social model a distinctive activation touch? ~ Jean-Claude Barbier; The European social model and enlargement ~ Maarten Keune; Reforming the European Social Model and the policy of indicators: from the unemployment rate to the employment rate in the European Employment Strategy ~ Robert Salais; Achieving gender equality in Europe: economic necessity rather than social justice ~ Lilja Mosesdottir; Assessing the European social model against the capability approach ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin; Social dialogue as the regulatory mode of the ESM: some empirical evidence from the new member states ~ Celine Lafoucriere and Roy Green.
About the author
Amparo Serrano Pascual is Researcher and Lecturer at the Complutense University, Madrid and formerly Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute.
Maria Jepsen is Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute and lecturer at the Free University of Brussels.
Summary
This book presents the outcome of a project coordinated by the European Trade Union Institute in which experts from different countries and social scientific disciplines (sociology, political science and economics) were invited to reflect on both the meaning and political status of the concept of the European Social Model (ESM).
