Turning Point for the European Social Model?

2010 ◽  
Vol 109 (725) ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Stein Kuhnle
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Social Model ◽  
European Social Model ◽  
European Nation ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Public Responsibility ◽  
The Welfare State

The form of the welfare state may change, but … European nation-states will continue to view public responsibility for citizen welfare as an important role.

Kryzys w Unii Europejskiej a tożsamość europejska

2016 ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Zbigniew B. Rudnicki
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Social Model ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Social Model ◽  
Gradual Development ◽  
Internal Relations ◽  
International Identity

The aim of this article is to show what impact the crisis in the European Union, along with the crisis in the euro zone at the forefront, had on European identity, interwoven with the identity of the European Union to such an extent that these terms are often handled as equivalent. Developments and crises situations which exert an influence on European identity were presented with respect to areas of particular importance that affect the way the European Union is identified within the community and abroad. Following issues were discussed: implications of the crisis for the European Union’s international identity, for the European social model (welfare state), for transnational identity (in internal relations) and for unity and solidarity in the European Union. In the conclusion, it is stated that the economic, political and social crises had undermined the gradual development of European / European Union identity among citizens and had an impact on its image in international relations.

The Economic Accommodation, II

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kenneth Galbraith
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Government Action ◽  
Mainstream Economics ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Public Responsibility ◽  
The Welfare State

This chapter examines economic accommodation in the age of contentment. For some centuries, reputable mainstream economics has given grace and acceptability to convenient belief—to what the socially and economically favored most wish or need to have believed. This economics permeates and even dominates professional discussion and writing, the textbooks and classroom instruction, as can be seen in the area of monetary policy. The chapter first considers three basic requirements to serve contentment: the need to defend the general limitation on government as regards the economy; to find social justification for the unbridled pursuit and possession of wealth; and to justify a reduced sense of public responsibility for the poor. It then explores Adam Smith's case against unwanted government action, or more specifically that part which is not in the service of contentment. It also discusses economic accommodation in relation to the welfare state, supply-side economics, and tax reductions.

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