Europe in the global age
Europe's social model - its system of welfare and social protection - is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over recent years, however, the social model has come...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England ; Malden, Mass. :
Polity
c2007.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623541606719 |
| Sumario: | Europe's social model - its system of welfare and social protection - is regarded by many as the jewel in the crown. It is what helps to give the European societies their distinctive qualities of social cohesion and care for the vulnerable. Over recent years, however, the social model has come under great strain in many states within the European Union - unemployment, for example, remains stubbornly high. The resulting tensions have fuelled dissatisfaction with the European project as a whole, culminating in the rejection of Europe's proposed new constitution. Reform of the social model |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780745673790 9780745655246 |
