The EU Economic and Social Model in the Global Crisis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

This book addresses the viability of the EU economic and social model within and after the global economic crisis. It identifies four key issues which warrant further discussion: the asymmetry of the legal and policy framework of the euro and potential recalibration; substantive tensions between the EU economic constitution and its normative aim of social justice and impacts on national policy; the role of civil society, including the two sides of industry in overcoming these tensions; and the EUs global aspirations towards the creation of a viable socio-economic model. Its chapters offer two perspectives on each of the four main issues.