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Tables of Contents for The Social Quality of Europe
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1. INTRODUCTION
1
14
Wolfgang Beck
Laurent van der Maesen
Alan Walker
Social Quality
2
1
Economic Policy Vs Social Policy
3
3
Background to the Social Quality Initiative
6
1
Themes of the Book
7
5
Challenges to Policy Makers and Social Scientists
12
3
PART ONE: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS--ANALYSES AND COMMENTARIES
15
194
2. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC POLICIES AND SOCIAL QUALITY
15
20
Daniele Meulders
Robert Plasman
The Realization of an Economic and Monetary Union
16
2
The Choice of the Maastricht Conditions
18
5
The European Labour Market and the Essen Priorities
23
8
Maastricht, Essen and Social Protection
31
1
Conclusions: Economic and Social Policy After the Institution of the Single Currency
32
3
3. THE MAASTRICHT TREATY AND SOCIAL QUALITY: A DIVORCE? (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 2)
35
10
Denis Bouget
Predominance of the Neo Liberal Economic Doctrine in the European Union
35
2
Deregulation Processes in Labour Markets
37
2
Unstable National Welfare Systems
39
2
Collective Dimensions in Europe
41
2
Conclusion
43
2
4. JURIDICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
45
24
Berndt Schulte
European Union and European Communities: Institutions and Decision-Making Processes
45
2
The Social Dimension of the European Union
47
1
The Role of Other Social Actors
48
3
Competences of the European Community Regarding Social Policy
51
3
Social Harmonization in the European Community
54
4
The `Social Dimension' of the European Union in the 1990s
58
8
Outlook
66
3
5. QUALITATIVE EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 4)
69
10
Danny Pieters
Non-decision Making in the Social Field
70
1
The Need for a Clear Division of Competencies
71
1
European Social Policy Law
72
5
Conclusion
77
2
6. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE EUROPEAN MODEL AND ITS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
79
18
Ian Gough
A European `Social Model'?
79
2
Social Quality in Europe
81
6
Social Quality and Economic Competitiveness
87
6
Conclusion: the European Model
93
4
7. SOCIAL POLICY AND COMPETITIVENESS (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 6)
97
8
Alfredo Bruto da Costa
Economic and Social Aspects of Progress
97
3
The Concept of Social Policy
100
1
The European Context
101
2
The Future of the European Model
103
2
8. SOCIAL POLICY FOR EUROPE
105
16
Georg Vobruba
Four Modes of Welfare Provision
106
3
A Closer Link to Labour
109
5
Blame Avoidance
114
1
EU, NAFTA, East Asia
115
4
Conclusion: Social Policy Based Work
119
2
9. DO THE SPENDING AND FINANCE STRUCTURES MATTER? (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 8)
121
6
Gosta Esping-Andersen
Economic Activity
122
1
The Impact of Welfare States
123
1
Globalization
124
3
10. COMBATING POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN EUROPE
127
30
Peter Abrahamson
Poverty and/or Social Exclusion
128
3
Inequality and Poverty in Europe
131
4
The Perceptions of Poverty and Welfare in Europe
135
10
Effectiveness of National Welfare Policies
145
1
Conclusion
146
2
Appendix
148
9
11. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 12)
157
8
Chiara Saraceno
From Poverty to Social Exclusion: a conceptual shift, an historical change or a linguistic innovation?
157
3
Data on Social Exclusion?
160
3
Conclusion: a paradox and a challenge
163
2
12. A CENTRAL EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE SOCIAL QUALITY OF EUROPE
165
18
Zsuzsa Ferge
A New Welfare Paradigm: the individualization of the social
166
4
The Impact of the New Paradigm in the European Union: inroads or fundamental reversal?
170
9
Conclusion: a note about `Europe'
179
4
13. BOXING THE SHADOW? `NEOLIBERALS' AND SOCIAL QUALITY AFTER COMMUNISM (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 12)
183
8
Janos Matyas Kovacs
Accentuating the Negative
184
2
An Alternative Interpreation
186
3
Conclusion
189
2
14. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL RIGHTS AND THE POLITICS OF DAILY LIFE
191
14
Anne Showstack Sassoon
Political Disaffection and Heavy Responsibilities
192
5
Beyond Residualism
197
5
Conclusion
202
3
15. POLITICAL CAPABILITIES OF CITIZENS AND THE POLITICS OF DAILY LIFE (COMMENTARY ON CHAPTER 14)
205
4
Jan Hartl
European Unification - as seen from the outside
206
1
Challenge to Social Scientists
207
2
PART TWO: SYNTHESES
209
54
16. SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT-POVERTY TRADE-OFF
209
12
Chris De Neubourg
Social Security and Labour Productivity
210
4
Institutions and Individual Behaviour
214
2
The Poverty-Unemployment Trade-Off
216
4
Conclusion
220
1
17. SOCIAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL QUALITY IN EUROPE
221
16
Jos Berghman
Social (Security) Protection Re-assessed
221
1
The Social Division of Social Protection
222
5
Social Quality as a Possible Yardstick
227
4
Social Protection for Social Quality in Europe
231
4
Conclusion
235
2
18. BEYOND THE VEIL OF MACRO-ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION: CARE FOR THE DEPENDENT
237
18
Jozef Pacolet
The Benefits of Economic Integration and EMU are Under- and Over-estimated
238
6
The Effects of the Internal Market and the EMU on Social Protection
244
2
External Challenges and Internal Doubts
246
2
Social Protection Systems Reaching Maturity
248
4
Conclusion
252
3
19. SOCIAL QUALITY IN EUROPE: PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL EXCLUSION
255
8
Graham Room
Social Exclusion and Social Rights
256
2
Social Quality and Social Exclusion
258
2
The Social Quality of Europe: Towards a Political and Scientific Programme
260
3
PART THREE: TOWARDS A CONCEPT OF SOCIAL QUALITY
263
48
20. SOCIAL QUALITY: FROM ISSUE TO CONCEPT
263
34
Wolfgang Beck
Laurent van der Maesen
Alan Walker
Introduction: Inevitable challenges
263
2
The Search for a New Concept
265
3
Three European Paradoxes
268
4
A Fertile Soil for Social Tensions
272
3
The Need For a New Approach
275
2
Reflections on the Concept of Social Quality
277
5
Social Quality: From Issue to Concept
282
4
Four Components of Social Quality
286
4
Developing the Concept of Social Quality
290
6
Conclusion
296
1
21. CONCLUSION: TOWARDS SOCIAL QUALITY IN EUROPE
297
14
Jan Baars
Kees Knipscheer
Fleur Thomese
Alan Walker
The Need for a New Impetus in EU Social Policy
298
3
Social Quality as a Concept
301
3
Towards a Programme on Social Quality in Europe
304
7
INDEX
311