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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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Critical Studies in Jurisprudence |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Part I Introduction; 1 Social rights, the Welfare State and European austerity; Part II European case studies; 2 France; 3 Germany; 4 Italy; 5 Spain; 6 The United Kingdom; 7 Austerity, conditionality and litigation in six European countries; Part III Theoretical discussions; 8 Should a minimum income be unconditional?; 9 The social dimension of fundamental rights in times of crisis; 10 Social rights and welfare reform in times of economic crisis |
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11 The political economy of European social rights12 Economic crisis and territorial asymmetrical effects on the guarantee of social rights within the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); 13 Free movement of persons and transnational solidarity in the European Union (EU): a melancholic eulogy; Index |
| Summary |
"This collection of essays examines the promise and limits of social rights in Europe in a time of austerity. Presenting in the first instance five national case studies, representing the biggest European economies (UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), it offers an account of recent reforms to social welfare and the attempts to resist them through litigation. The case studies are then used as a foundation for theory-building about social rights. This second group of chapters develops theory along two complementary lines: first, they explore the dynamics between social rights, public law, poverty and welfare in times of economic crisis; second, they consider the particular significance of the European context for articulations of, and struggles over, social rights. Employing a range and depth of expertise across Europe, the book constitutes a timely and highly significant contribution to socio-legal scholarship about the character and resilience of social rights in our national and regional constitutional settings."--Provided by publisher |
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Social rights -- European Union countries
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Social legislation -- European Union countries
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
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Public welfare -- Economic aspects -- European Union countries
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Welfare state -- European Union countries
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Civil rights -- European Union countries
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LAW -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Civil rights
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Public welfare -- Economic aspects
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation
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Social legislation
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Social rights
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Welfare state
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European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Halliday, Simon
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| ISBN |
9781315204574 |
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1315204576 |
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