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European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context

In: Institutions for Social Well-Being

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  • Anthony B. Atkinson

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This chapter first describes the development of the EU social dimension and the origins of the present Social Inclusion process, and then considers the nature of the challenge to the European system of social protection, both national and EU-wide, and the argument that the pressures of globalisation threaten its continuation. In this section, I treat the EU as an entity, contrasting European policy with that of the United States, but it is important to recognise the diversity within the European Union. There is much discussion of ‘the European Social Model’, but I do not find such a description helpful. I believe that we need to look at the fine structure of institutions, and this is the subject of the forth part of the chapter, where I consider both the design of institutions within Member States and the possible role of the EU, not in making policy, but in shaping the policy debate, taking as an illustration the recent calls for children mainstreaming.

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  • Anthony B. Atkinson, 2008. "European Union Social Policy in a Globalising Context," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Lilia Costabile (ed.), Institutions for Social Well-Being, chapter 1, pages 15-32, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-58435-8_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230584358_2
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    1. Debora Di Gioacchino & Laura Sabani, 2009. "The Politics of Social Protection: Social Expenditure versus Markets' Regulation," Working Papers in Public Economics 116, University of Rome La Sapienza, Department of Economics and Law.

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