Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis
Nicola Countouris · Mark Freedland
Oct 2013 · Cambridge University Press
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543
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Terms such as 'Social Europe' and 'European Social Model' have long resided in the political and regulatory lexicon of European integration. But in recent years, and in spite of the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the EU social profile has entered a profound period of crisis. The ECJ judgments of Viking and Laval exemplify the unresolved tension between the EU's strong market imperatives and its fragile social aspirations while the ongoing economic crisis, while the various 'bail out' packages are producing a constant retrenchment of social rights. The status quo is one in which workers appear to shoulder most of the risks attendant on making and executing arrangements for the doing of work. Chapters in this book advocate a reversal of this trend in favour of fair mutualization, so as to disperse these risks and share them more equitably between employers, the state, and society at large.
About the author
Dr Nicola Countouris is a Reader in Law in the Faculty of Laws at University College London and the co-ordinator of the UCL Labour Rights Institute. His main research interests are in the areas of labour law and European law.
Professor Mark Freedland FBA is an Emeritus Research Fellow in Law at St John's College, Oxford, and an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Laws at University College London. His main research interests are in the areas of labour law and public law.
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