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Book SynopsisThe Maastricht Treaty of 1992 introduced the right to free movement for EU citizens. Despite this, in practice there are still substantial barriers to securing these freedoms.
EU Citizenship and Social Rights discusses and analyses those legal and practical barriers preventing inter-European migrants from integrating into new host countries.
Providing analysis of the development of EU social policy, this book highlights the disparate roles of the EU as a whole and of Member States in determining social rights and outcomes. In particular the issues of social assistance, housing benefits, study grants and health care are examined. In addition, the authors discuss the discrepancy between the social rights granted to workers and social rights granted to non-worker migrants, as well as the barriers facing minority groups like the Roma, which highlight issues in the development of EU social policy for migrants.
This book will be a vital resource for students of European law as well as public and social policy. EU policy makers will also benefit from reading this, with its practical and theoretical suggestions for ways in which social policies may be amended to the benefit of EU citizens.
Contributors include:; N. Absenger, F. Blank, P. Brown, C. Bruzelius, H. Dean, K. Hyltén-Cavallius, C. Jacqueson, P. Martin, F. Pennings, P. Phoa, L. Scullion, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, S. Stendahl, O. Swedrup, A.M. Swiatkowski, M. Wujczyk
Table of ContentsContents: Series Preface Preface 1. Intra-EU Migration and Social Rights: An Introduction Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Frans Pennings PART I Applicable supranational legal standards 2. The European Social Charter as a Basis for Defining Social Rights for EU Citizens Andrzej Marian Świątkowski and Marcin Wujczyk 3. EU social citizenship: Between individual rights and national concerns Catherine Jacqueson PART II Freedom of Movement, EU Citizenship and Social Rights: Comparative Perspectives 4. (Dis)united in diversity? Social policy and social rights in the EU Cecilia Bruzelius, Catherine Jacqueson and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 5 Legal Barriers to Access of EU Citizens to Social Rights Frans Pennings 6. Social Human Rights as a Legal Strategy to Enhance EU Citizenship Sara Stendahl and Otto Swedrup PART III EU Citizenship and Social Rights: Various Dimensions 7. The Need of Residence Registration for Enjoyment of EU Citizenship in Sweden Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius 8. Social rights, labour market policies and the freedom of movement: contradictions within the European project? Nadine Absenger and Florian Blank 9. Roma Persons and EU Citizenship Philip Martin, Lisa Scullion and Philip Brown 10. EU Citizens’ Access to Social Benefits: Reality or Fiction? Outlining a Law and Literature Approach to EU citizenship Pauline Phoa 11. The Construction of Social Rights Hartley Dean PART IV Conclusion 12. Conclusion Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Frans Pennings Index
