1st Edition
A `Social Turn’ in the European Union? New trends and ideas about social convergence in Europe
PART I: THE IDEA OF A SOCIAL EUROPE – NOT THE SAME, BUT STILL ALIVE
1 The social turn and the potential to reconstruct the social dimension of the European Union
Jacek Kubera and Tomasz Morozowski
PART II: LOOKING FOR NEW TRACKS
2. A Social Europe or a more protectionist one? The single market in the aftermath of the crises
Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse
3. From undefined ‘Social Europe’ to ‘more democracy at work’ – new trends, new paradigms?
Wolfgang Kowalsky
4. The revision of the Posting of Workers Directive and its impact on national law
Reingard Zimmer
5. The crisis of the ‘German Model’: Europe should embark on the Fourth Industrial Revolution with a more balanced growth model
Rémi Bourgeot
6. Tax incentives to create new high-skilled jobs – trigger for sustainable economic growth of European societies
Artur Tim
7. Can the German post-Hartz model of the labour market be considered as a universal remedy for unemployment in the European Union?
Jadwiga Nadolska
PART III: POLITICAL VISIONS AND IDEAS
8. On the future of ‘Social Europe’ – between competitiveness and high social standards
Martin Koppernock
9. The importance of posting of workers for the member states: myth and reality
Agnieszka Woloszyn
10. Europe is built on competition which stimulates, on co-operation which strengthens, and solidarity which unites
Adam Kapella and Garance Dubarry
PART IV: BACK TO THE SOCIAL
11. The social turn? Towards a new understanding of the benefits of Social Europe
Justyna Schulz
Biography
Jacek Kubera, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
Tomasz Morozowski, PhD candidate, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, and analyst at the Institute for Western Affairs in Poznan.
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