Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- one Introduction: social solidarity in Europe: the fourth pillar
- two The concept of solidarity in the European integration discourse
- three Solidarity at the margins of European society: linking the European social model to local conditions and solidarities
- four Towards a globalisation of solidarity?
- five Contested terrains and emerging solidarities within childcare law, policy and practice in Europe
- six Embedding European identity in context: changing social solidarities in Europe
- seven Intra-European energy solidarity at the core of the European integration process: future possibilities and current constraints
- eight Social solidarities and immigration integration policies in South-Eastern Europe
- nine Normative power Europe: a tool for advancing social solidarity within and beyond Europe?
- ten Social solidarity in post-socialist countries
- eleven Trade unions, NGOs and social solidarity in Romania
- twelve Social solidarity and preferences on welfare institutions across Europe
- thirteen Social solidarity, human rights and Roma: unequal access to basic resources in Central and Eastern Europe
- fourteen Conclusion: the future of social solidarity in an enlarged Europe: key issues and research questions
- Index
Preface and acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- one Introduction: social solidarity in Europe: the fourth pillar
- two The concept of solidarity in the European integration discourse
- three Solidarity at the margins of European society: linking the European social model to local conditions and solidarities
- four Towards a globalisation of solidarity?
- five Contested terrains and emerging solidarities within childcare law, policy and practice in Europe
- six Embedding European identity in context: changing social solidarities in Europe
- seven Intra-European energy solidarity at the core of the European integration process: future possibilities and current constraints
- eight Social solidarities and immigration integration policies in South-Eastern Europe
- nine Normative power Europe: a tool for advancing social solidarity within and beyond Europe?
- ten Social solidarity in post-socialist countries
- eleven Trade unions, NGOs and social solidarity in Romania
- twelve Social solidarity and preferences on welfare institutions across Europe
- thirteen Social solidarity, human rights and Roma: unequal access to basic resources in Central and Eastern Europe
- fourteen Conclusion: the future of social solidarity in an enlarged Europe: key issues and research questions
- Index
Summary
Preface
This book is the product of a series of international workshops, seminars and conference streams undertaken by HOPES (How to Progress European Solidarity) Research Network. The HOPES Research Network consists of academics, NGO policy makers and practitioners with specialist interests in transnational social securities, transnational solidarities and the organisation of social protection within and across the European region. Our approach deals with the emergence of contexts and strategies to counter commonly experienced problems of European solidarity, equality, citizenship and freedom within the EU enlargement agenda. The objective is to identify and encourage wider articulation of commonly experienced European issues and policy solutions to sustaining solidarity within an increasingly pressured ‘neoliberalised’ and enlarged Europe within a global economy. The principle of solidarity was central to European integrationist discourse when the European Union was created. The current economic and financial crisis has exacerbated inherent fragilities of European integration, citizenship, orthodoxy and agendas across Europe. This book brings together contributions that aim to develop a framework for discourse, defining and reinventing social solidarity and sustainability (social, economic, religious and cultural) across Europe within a wider global setting.
Acknowledgements
This book has been a collective effort and I would like to thank all of my colleagues in HOPES for their inspiring contributions. In particular, I would like to thank my husband James Ellison for his support, advice and highly valued comments during the development of this book. Thanks are also due to Emeritus Professor Adrian Sinfield for his helpful advice and constructive comments. I would like to also thank all of those who reviewed the book on behalf of The Policy Press for their very helpful comments. Appreciation also goes to my Commissioning Editor Emily Watt and to all of the staff at The Policy Press for their consistent advice and valued support from the inception to the final production of this book.
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- Reinventing Social Solidarity across Europe , pp. ix - xPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2011