Promoting solidarity in the European Union / edited by Malcolm Ross and Yuri Borgmann-Prebil.

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Social legislation -- European Union countries -- Congresses.

Solidarity -- European Union countries -- Congresses.

European Union countries -- Social policy -- Congresses.

1. Promoting European solidarity : between rhetoric and reality?

2. Solidarity : a new constitutional paradigm for the EU?

3. Mission impossible? Limits and perils of institutionalizing post-national social policy

4. Solidarity and the commission's 'renewed social agenda'

5. The price of letting courts value solidarity : the judicial role in liberalizing welfare

6. When patients exit, what happens to solidarity?

7. EU environmental solidarity and the ecological consumer : towards a Republican citizenship

8. Irregular migrants : beyond the limits of solidarity?

9. A certain degree of solidarity? Free movement of persons and access to social protection in the case law of the European Court of Justice

10. Age discrimination in law and policy : how the equal treatment directive affects national welfare states

11. Promoting the multi-pillar model? The EU and the development of funded pension schemes

12. How to govern for solidarity? An introduction to policy learning in the context of open methods of coordinating education policies in the European Union

13. Relating territorial cohesion, solidarity, and spatial justice.

The European Commission has claimed that ‘Solidarity is part of how European society works...’ . But how are we to understand solidarity and what are its implications to government policy? This book addresses the question of what solidarity might mean today and its relevance to the purposes of the European Union and the way it functions. Is solidarity just a slogan or can it have meaningful legal and policy content? Contributions from leading scholars in law, politics, and sociology are brought together in this book to discuss an idea that is coming under fresh scrutiny at a time when the EU's direction following the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty is hotly debated. The book engages with both the content and limitations of solidarity as a concept in political and legal debate, and its application to specific fields such as migration, education, and pension policies. The book provides a provocative analysis of the power and potential of solidarity, applying a sceptical and rigorous assessment of the conditions necessary for it to make a difference to the European political and legal space at a time when traditional manifestations of national solidarity (e.g., in health care) are perceived to be under threat from EU market liberalization policies. A number of chapters consider whether an EU concept of solidarity is possible and how that might affect the balance between market and social priorities for the Union's future. - Abstract.

Based on a one-day seminar held at Sussex Law School in May 2008 entitled 'Seeking Solidarity in the European Union--Towards Social Citizenship and a European Welfare State?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 online resource (xviii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF