Global Europe, Social Europe

by Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick; Liddle, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780745639352
• ISBN10: 0745639356
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-13
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

This book makes an essential contribution to the debate now opening up over the future of Europe in the wake of the demise of the Constitution. Since 1989 much about the European Union has changed, including the very definition of 'Europe' itself. The EU has enlarged to 25 countries and the division between Western and Eastern Europe has disappeared. The EU has responded positively to these changes, not only by making a success of enlargement, but by pushing ahead with the Single Market and the Single Currency. These very successes, however, have led to a reaction. Those who voted 'no' in the referenda in France and the Netherlands registered worries about Europe's future, especially on a social and economic level. For many, 'social Europe' - the welfare states that offer protection from the buffetings of the global marketplace - are under threat. Unemployment and low growth are seemingly becoming endemic across much of the EU. How should pro-Europeans respond? What future is there for Europe's cherished social model? How will the EU deal with the competitive pressures coming from India, China and other industrialising countries? In this volume, leading contributors from a range of countries offer answers to these questions.

Author Biography

Edited By:


Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics and Political Science


Patrick Diamond, Special Advisor in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit


Roger Liddle, Member of the Cabinet of the European Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson

Table of Contents

About Policy Network	vii
About the Contributors	x
List of Abbreviations	xiv
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction	1	(13)
Anthony Giddens
Patrick Diamond
Roger Liddle
A Social Model for Europe?	14	(23)
Anthony Giddens
Globalization: A European Perspective	37	(15)
John Sutton
East versus West? The European Economic and Social Model after Enlargement	52	(18)
Katinka Barysch
Migrating Workers and Jobs: A Challenge to the European Social Model?	70	(21)
Simon Commander
Alex Heitmueller
Laura Tyson
The Vulnerability of the European Project	91	(15)
Rene Cuperus
Social Change and Welfare Reform	106	(18)
Anton Hemerijck
The European Socioeconomic Model	124	(27)
Karl Aiginger
Alois Guger
The European Social Model: Gender and Generational Equality	151	(21)
Jane Jenson
Social Justice Reinterpreted: New Frontiers for the European Welfare State	172	(21)
Patrick Diamond
A Knowledge Economy Paradigm and its Consequences	193	(22)
Luc Soete
The Environment in the European Social Model	215	(14)
Mons Lonnroth
Immigration: A Flexible Framework for a Plural Europe	229	(15)
Patrick Weil
Economic Reform, Further Integration and Enlargement: Can Europe Deliver?	244	(13)
Loukas Tsoukalis
Friends, Not Foes: European Integration and National Welfare States	257	(22)
Maurizio Ferrera
A Common Social Justice Policy for Europe	279	(20)
Roger Liddle
Index	299