An assessment of the 'European Pillar of Social Rights' by reference to its constitutional
significance–Potential to significantly improve the social output of the EU by addressing the …

An assessment of the balance between 'the market'and 'the social'by reference to the areas
of social policy, the internal market and economic governance–Imbalance resulting from a …

The free circulation of workers and services in the European Union after its latest
enlargements has been believed to foster a 'race to the bottom'in wage standards. This …

Providing a comprehensive and authoritative analyses of the impact of the Eurozone crisis
on the European social dimension since 2010-understood as the European Union's (EU) …

This study examines conflicts arising from the dual processes of Europeanization and post-
socialist transformations, from gaining independence in 1991 to facing the current economic …

Abstract The European Commission's social investment strategy, which holds that social
policy expenditure should be at least partially channelled towards investment into people's …

This article presents an empirical analysis of the factors associated with trends in labour
standards, in EU accession countries, using a new dataset of labour rights. It focuses on …

ABSTRACT What is the European Social Model (ESM) for? This paper argues that it is best
seen as an ideal type that facilitates the selection of values that sustains the political …

Under the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the idea of a social
investment perspective was initially stipulated in 2001. Frank Vandenbroucke presented the …

Abstract The European Union was brought to life by its Member States with a view to
meeting certain local needs and responding to particular national interests. The process of …