The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? - Hardcover

Adnett, Nick; Hardy, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843761254 ISBN 13: 9781843761259

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers' rights and employment regulation, is sustainable.

At the 2000 Lisbon Council the Member States agreed that this model was in need of modernisation if the objective of creating the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in Europe was to be achieved. Consequently, this book examines the economic rationale for EU social policy, identifies the main factors promoting reform and assesses the priorities for reform in the enlarged EU.

As a result of a fruitful collaboration between two authors from different disciplines, and culminating in several contributions to the economic-legal analysis of the EU social policy, this forward-looking book will be of great interest to academics, EU policymakers and law practitioners.

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About the Author

Nick Adnett, formerly of the Division of Economics, Faculty of Business and Law, Staffordshire University and Stephen Hardy, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843761254
• ISBN 13: 9781843761259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264