Unity in adversity : EU citizenship, social justice and the cautionary tale of the UK / Charlotte O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Charlotte, author.

Series:

Modern studies in European law ; v. 80.

Modern studies in European law ; v. 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--European Union countries.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Great Britain.

Europeans--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Europeans.

Social legislation--European Union countries.

Social legislation.

Social legislation--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages).

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"The EU is at a crossroads of constitution and conscience. Unity in Adversity argues that EU market citizenship is incompatible with a pursuit of social justice, because it contributes to the social exclusion of women and children, promotes a class-based conception of rights, and tolerates in-work poverty. The limitations of EU citizenship are clearest when EU nationals engage with national welfare systems, but this experience has been neglected in EU legal research. Unityin Adversity draws upon the groundbreaking EU Rights Project, working first hand with EU nationals in the UK, providing advice and advocacy, and giving ethnographic insight into the process of navigating EU and UK welfare law. Its study of EU law in action is a radical new approach, and the case studies illustrate the political, legal and administrative obstacles to justice faced by EU nationals. Taken together, the strands demonstrate that 'equal treatment' for EU nationals is an illusion. The UK's welfare reforms directed at EU nationals are analysed as a programme of declaratory discrimination, and in light of the subsequent referendum, should be treated as a cautionary tale--both to the EU, to take social justice seriously, and to other Member States, to steer away from xenophobic law-making."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Welfare, citizenship and social justice in action

The rise of market citizenship and the illusion of equal treatment

Discounting proportionality and exacerbating disadvantage

Market citizenship and ideological obligations to justice : the market as morality

Activation-plus : welfare reforms and declaratory discrimination

Resisting competence for market citizens : shortcomings in the social security coordination framework

Market citizenship and administrative barriers to justice

Is European social justice possible?

Unity in adversity : some conclusions.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781509995561

1509995560

9781509918522

1509918523

9781509918539

1509918531

OCLC:

995162619