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Paul Teague explores the macro-economic, productive and institutional pressures faced by Europe's social model and assesses a number of economic and political programmes aimed at resolving the crisis. It also considers the role of the European Union building a social dimension to the European economy. The findings suggest that the future of traditional institutions of Social Europe is under threat. However, they also stress that we are not on the threshold of the 'Americanisation' of European life. This study finds that the influential political forces that reject the dismantling of Europe's social model should not be preoccupied with defending inherited institutions. Instead this book argues that they should encourage the construction of new forms of social solidarity compatible with the complexities of modern economic life.
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Economic Citizenship in the European Union High unemployment and rising social exclusion are the most tangible indicators that the European social model is in crisis. Traditional institutional mechanisms to incorporate people into the world of work, such as collective bargaining and employment regulation, are now being called into question. Economic Citizenship in the European Union explores the macro-economic, productive and institutional pressures faced by Europe’s social model, and assesses a number of economic and political programmes aimed at resolving the crisis. It also considers the role of the European Union in building a social dimension to the European economy. The findings suggest that the future of traditional institutions of Social Europe is under threat. However, they also stress that we are not on the threshold of the ‘Americanisation’ of European life. This study finds that the influential political forces that reject the dismantling of Europe’s social model should not become preoccupied with defending inherited institutions. Instead this book argues that they should encourage the construction of new forms of social solidarity compatible with the complexities of modern economic life. Paul Teague is Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Ulster. He has written extensively on the themes of European integration and labour markets, and EU social policy. Routledge Research in European Public Policy Edited by Jeremy Richardson, Nuffield College, University of Oxford 1. The Politics of Corporate Taxation in the European Union Knowledge and international policy agendas Claudio M.Radaelli 2. The Large Firm as a Political Actor in the EU David Coen 3. Public Policy Disasters in Western Europe Edited by Pat Gray and Paul ‘t Hart 4. The EU Commission and European Governance An institutional analysis Thomas Christiansen 5. Europe’s Digital Revolution Broadcasting regulation, the EU and the nation state David Levy 6. EU Social Policy in the 1990s Towards a corporatist policy community Gerda Falkner 7. The Franco-German Relationship in the EU Edited by Douglas Webber 8. Economic Citizenship in the European Union Employment relations in the new Europe Paul Teague Other titles in the European Public Policy series: European Union Jeremy Richardson; Democratic Spain Richard Gillespie, Fernando Rodrigo and Jonathan Story; Regulating Europe Giandomenico Majone; Adjusting to Europe Yves Mény, Pierre Muller and Jean-Louis Quermonne; Policymaking in the European Union Laura Cram; Regions in Europe Patrick Le Galès and Christian Lequesne; Green Parties and Politics in the European Union Elizabeth Bomberg; A Common Foreign Policy for Europe? John Peterson and Helene Sjursen; Policy-making, European Integration and the Role of Interest Groups Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson Economic Citizenship in the European Union Employment relations in the new Europe Paul Teague London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge 11 Ne