Unwrapping the European social model
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- ISBN 9781861347985
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Jul 2006
- Publisher: Policy Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The notion of the European Social Model (ESM) has been one of the fastest growing in European political and academic discourse in recent years. It is conventionally used to describe the European experience of simultaneously promoting sustainable economic growth and social cohesion. However, the concept has suffered from a lack of clear definition. And where definitions have been found in the literature, they do not necessarily converge.
This book presents the outcome of a project coordinated by the European Trade Union Institute in which experts from different countries and social scientific disciplines (sociology, political science and economics) were invited to reflect on both the meaning and political status of the concept of the ESM. In addition to analysing the ambiguities and multiple meanings attributed to the concept, the authors unpick the underlying assumptions and make use of a new approach - the ESM as political project - with which European countries can build consensus and share a common understanding.
Offering a new analytical framework and with new empirical evidence, "Unwrapping the European Social Model" is essential reading for all those involved in European social policy research, education, policy and practice.
Amparo Serrano Pascual is Researcher and Lecturer at the Complutense University, Madrid and formerly Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute.
Maria Jepsen is Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute and lecturer at the Free University of Brussels.
