scholarly journals Researching Social Services of General Interest: An Analytical Framework Derived from Underlying Policy Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alois Humer
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
General Interest ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Services Of General Interest ◽  
Policy Systems ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Political Term ◽  
Policy Solutions

This paper discusses Social Services of General Interest, a political term of the European Union, which lies at the heart of the European Model of Society and Cohesion concepts. How and why is the organization and provision of services across Europe rooted in, and shaped by, the prevailing national constitutional components of social welfare and spatial planning systems? A high degree of interrelation between these two systems is confirmed and Social Services of General Interest are detected and conceptualized as a substantiation of components of both systems. In a concluding step, an analytical framework is introduced which enables us to research Social Services of General Interest from different angles for the purpose of deploying promising policy solutions.

Building a European Community: social service provision between inclusion and economic interests

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-415
Author(s):  
Katinka Kraus
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
General Interest ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Services Of General Interest

Inclusion and the associated provision of social services is a central fundamental right in the European Union. Social services of general interest are based on the principles of an inclusive welfare state enshrined in EU primary law. However, the European Commission tends to interpret these social services rather economically. This paper shows that the way in which these services are provided in the Member States is decisive for the categorization of an economic or non-economic activity by the European Commission. Whether social services are to be classified as being related to economic activities and, therefore, subject to the competition and internal market rules depends on their organization and structure.

Der apollinisch-dionysische Geist der Sozialpolitik und der Gemeinwirtschaft

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Schulz-Nieswandt
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Logical Form ◽  
Welfare Economics ◽  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Historical Dynamics ◽  
Caring Communities ◽  
Services Of General Interest ◽  
Free People

In this book, the historical dynamics of social policy, common welfare economics and the politics of social services of general interest, justified by personalist ethics, are understood as endogenous, dialectical mechanisms of the polarity between the principles of Apollonian order and Dionysian transgression; as a logical form of the philosophy of history on the ontological pathway to the concrete utopia of the truth of socially caring communities comprised of free people living according to their belief in reciprocal responsibility; and as a system of solidarity based on love.

scholarly journals Limits to the European Commission – Managing Services of General Interests

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Ząbkowicz
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Services Of General Interest ◽  
The Eu

Services of general interest form an essential element of the European model of society as a way to increase quality of life and to overcome social exclusion and isolation. They are also at the core of the public debate touching the central question of the role public authorities and the institutions of the European Union play in a market economy. The competencies and responsibilities conferred by the Treaty, the EU regulations and directives lay emphasis on the essential role and the wide discretion of national, regional and local authorities in defining, organizing, financing and monitoring services of general interest. The same time the EU Law provide the European Commission with a wide range of means of action to ensure the compliance of the process of organizing and financing such services according to a comprehensive regulatory regime at Community level to make them compatible with the internal market and to prevent a distortion of the competition rules. The paper indicates divergences of the points of view of public authorities and the Commission on their role, shared responsibility and powers in that process.

Raum und Unternehmen

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Brandt ◽  
Elke Dahlbeck ◽  
Franz Flögel ◽  
Stefan Gärtner ◽  
Dajana Schlieter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
General Interest ◽  
The Social ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Company Survey ◽  
Services Of General Interest ◽  
Shrinking Regions ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

The involvement of companies and people in the provision of services of general interest in structurally weak, demographically shrinking regions is becoming increasingly important. In addition to examining the social responsibility of companies under the term ‘corporate social responsibility’, this study also focuses on regional corporate engagement. Against the background of the known dilemmas in the area of civil societal engagement, in which fewer people are involved in structurally weak regions than in prospering regions, this book raises the question of whether this also applies to corporate engagement by focusing on whether companies are able to break through regional crisis cycles successfully while also fostering a positive influence on the development of the region. Using three case studies, the authors identify certain factors and obstacles in regional corporate engagement and evaluate the results of a company survey.

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