The European Social Charter at a glance

The European Social Charter at a glance
Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2017-08-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

The European Social Charter, adopted in 1961 and revised in 1996, is the counterpart of the European Convention on Human Rights in the field of economic and social rights. It guarantees a broad range of human rights related to employment, housing, health, education, social protection and welfare. No other legal instrument at pan-European level provides such an extensive and complete protection of social rights as that provided by the Charter. The Charter is therefore seen as the Social Constitution of Europe and represents an essential component of the continent’s human rights architecture.

The Revised European Social Charter

The Revised European Social Charter
Author: Lukas, Karin
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2021-07-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789903645

This detailed Commentary explores the boundaries of social rights at a European level through analysis of the Revised European Social Charter (RESC), the most comprehensive regional document on social rights. The Commentary considers the treaty as the counterpart of the European Convention on Human Rights, examining how it sets out fundamental rights in the social field. It focuses primarily on the rich jurisprudence developed by the Charter’s monitoring body, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR).

Social Rights in Europe

Social Rights in Europe
Author: Gráinne De Búrca
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The book is concerned with the legal framework for protecting and promoting social rights in Europe. Its chapters examine procedural and substantive aspects of the Council of Europe's European Social Charter and the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as the EU's so-called "acquis" in the area of social rights. They look at a range of issues, including the strengths and weaknesses of the two systems in terms of promoting and protecting social rights by examining the legal and political enforcement mechanisms as well as at some of the important substantive rights contained within each.

EU Citizenship and Social Rights

EU Citizenship and Social Rights
Author: Frans Pennings
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788112717

In the 1990s, the Maastricht Treaty introduced the right to free movement for EU citizens. In practice, however, there are substantial barriers to making use of this right, particularly to integration and to accessing the social and welfare rights available. This is particularly true when it comes to accessing social rights, such as social assistance, housing benefit, study grants and health care. This book provides a detailed description and thorough analysis of these barriers, in both law and practice.

Access to Social Rights in Europe

Access to Social Rights in Europe
Author: Mary E. Daly
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287149855

The Council of Europe is convinced of the need to improve access to social rights as a key means of combating poverty and social exclusion and in promoting social cohesion. The report on access to social rights in Europe is mainly based on the results of the activities related to access to employment, social protection and housing, as well as relevant work carried out within the Council of Europe in the fields of health and education. This report analyses the obstacles impeding access to different social rights within and across a range of fields. It also gives examples of how obstacles are being overcome, examines integrated measures implemented in the member states of the Council of Europe and identifies the principles on which measures to improve access to social rights should be based. Finally, the report develops cross-sectoral policy guidelines aimed at facilitating access to social rights.

European Social Charter

European Social Charter
Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: European Social Charter
ISBN: 9789287133663

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The European Social Model in Crisis

The European Social Model in Crisis
Author: Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783476567

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of the crisis and austerity policies on all elements of the European Social Model. This book assesses the situation in each individual EU member state on the basi

Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015

Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015
Author: David Natali (OSE)
Publisher: ETUI
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2015-09-23
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN: 2874523747

The sixteenth edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play has a triple ambition. First, it provides easily accessible information to a wide audience about recent developments in both EU and domestic social policymaking. Second, the volume provides a more analytical reading, embedding the key developments of the year 2014 in the most recent academic discourses. Third, the forward-looking perspective of the book aims to provide stakeholders and policymakers with specific tools that allow them to discern new opportunities to influence policymaking. In this 2015 edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play, the authors tackle the topics of the state of EU politics after the parliamentary elections, the socialisation of the European Semester, methods of political protest, the Juncker investment plan, the EU’s contradictory education investment, the EU’s contested influence on national healthcare reforms, and the neoliberal Trojan Horse of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).