Social law and policy in an evolving European Union / edited by Jo Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Jo, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Social legislation--Europe.

Social legislation.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Hart Publishing, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Social law and policy have been moving increasingly into the mainstream of the European Union. In recent years there have been important changes to the Treaty framework for enacting social policy,bringing the role of the social partners to the fore. New Treaty provisions for adopting discrimination legislation have highlighted the potential role of the EU in combatting aspects of social exclusion, and in challenging disturbing phenomena such as racism and xenophobia. Social policy is increasingly linked to the emerging notion of Union citizenship. The arrival of the single currency in 1999 is now matched by a more pro-active EU-level policy on employment and the labour market. The analyses in this collection address these and other questions against the backdrop of the longstanding controversies over the nature and scope of EU social policy, including the UKs opt-out from certain provisions between 1993 and 1997, and the ongoing debate about whether EU social policy has, or should have, a social or an economic rationale."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Social policy in a climate of economic constraints

pt. 3. National cultures, national laws and EU law and policy

pt. 4. Strategies for equality, employment and employment equity

pt. 5. Hidden agendas : family formations and human capital development

pt. 6. Building the normative dimension.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610808526

9781472562234

1472562232

9781280808524

1280808527

9781847311122

1847311121

OCLC:

298419758