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Welfare Markets in Europe: The Democratic Challenge of European Integration
Amandine Crespy
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Description for Welfare Markets in Europe: The Democratic Challenge of European Integration
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 278 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JKS; KCL; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities among citizens, demonstrating how the marketization of European welfare has taken place over successive rounds of policymaking for European integration. These rounds have motivated national level public services reform, as well as contestation over these measures from civil society groups. The study traces the developments of policymaking at EU level since ... Read more
This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities among citizens, demonstrating how the marketization of European welfare has taken place over successive rounds of policymaking for European integration. These rounds have motivated national level public services reform, as well as contestation over these measures from civil society groups. The study traces the developments of policymaking at EU level since ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137571038
SKU
V9781137571038
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99-15
About Amandine Crespy
Amandine Crespy is Lecturer in Political Science at the Universite libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. Her research deals with the politicization of EU integration, especially in relation to socio-economic policies.
Reviews for Welfare Markets in Europe: The Democratic Challenge of European Integration
The book succeeds in bridging the gap between various pieces of literature focusing on the legal and institutional frameworks and their impact on the national level on one side, and the global justice movement and the euro-critical mobilisation (as a contribution to new forms of supranational democracy) on the other. ... the book is of value both for scholars and ... Read more