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Book SynopsisThis timely book critically examines the European Social Model as a contested concept and concrete set of European welfare and governance arrangements. It offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of new economic models and existing European investment strategies to address key issues within post-Covid-19 Europe.
The authors explore the structural inequalities that have been shaped by strong imbalances in the relationship between public health, work, formal and informal care, inequality, poverty and the labour market across Europe. They then assess the potential of new economic models and measures, when combined with existing European governance and collaborative welfare arrangements, to repair the European Social Model. With a particular focus on policy measures that affect young and older people in Europe, chapters also provide a critical insight into the fragmented, multi-actor and multidimensional process of building a European social space that has led to the hybridization of welfare systems.
Offering a firm theoretical foundation to the understanding of European welfare arrangements and the social open method of coordination, this book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of European social policy, comparative social policy and European governance. Its analysis of empirical evidence relating to the implementation of policy measures will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners working in health, social care and welfare fields.
Trade Review'The authors provide the reader with the analytical tools needed to understand what has been defined as the ''European social model'' and to grasp some of the most pressing challenges it is undergoing, including the Covid-19 stress test.' -- - Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, Austria
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword ix 1 Introduction: healing the divisions – restoring the foundations for a ‘Social Europe’ 1 Marion Ellison, Giovani Bertin and Giuseppe Moro 2 Moving forward together? European welfare regimes and the differentiation of welfare policies 17 Giovanni Bertin 3 Is there a European Social Model? Theorising the relationship between economics and society 37 Giuseppe Moro 4 A Europe for all with all? EU Cohesion Policy and social inclusion across EU states and regions 57 Marion Ellison 5 ‘Making it count’: investing in a Social Europe that is meaningful for young people 97 Marion Ellison 6 Power to the people? The European Social Model and the convergence of new social policies for empowerment 129 Giuseppe Moro 7 For all our futures? The European Social Model and the convergence of new social policies for older people 147 Giovanni Bertin 8 Fit for purpose? The architecture and processes of hybrid governance, and the overlapping of market, hierarchy and network 174 Giovanni Bertin 9 ‘Building a European home’: mechanisms for the construction of a common social space within the European Union 200 Giuseppe Moro 10 Conclusion: towards a progressive transformation of the European economic and social model 221 Giovanni Bertin, Marion Ellison and Giuseppe Moro Index 239
