Co-ordination of Social Security in the Council of Europe

Co-ordination of Social Security in the Council of Europe
Author: Jason Nickless
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789287153913

This guide reviews Council of Europe provisions on social security co-ordination, covering the European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance, the European Convention on Social Security, the Model Provisions for a Bilateral Social Security Agreement, and the European Social Charter. It describes the basic philosophies behind social security co-ordination, why it is needed and how it may be achieved; as well as considering practical aspects of the range of legal instruments available and briefly introducing some of the agreements that are currently in force in Europe.

The External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination

The External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination
Author: Pauline Melin
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2019-12-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004415335

In The External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination: Towards a Common EU Approach, Pauline Melin provides a detailed legal analysis of the framework on social security coordination with third countries and offers alternative policy solutions to the current fragmented approach. The analysis comprises a complete overview of the EU approach to social security coordination with third countries, 9 bilateral agreements (between Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, with respectively India, Turkey, and USA) and international standards. Based on this analysis, the author explores the possibility from an institutional perspective to develop a common EU approach through the conclusion of EU agreements. The author concludes by favouring an alternative softer solution through an EU model agreement and proposes that the content of that model agreement be based on the best practices of the current framework.

Concerted Development of Social Cohesion Indicators

Concerted Development of Social Cohesion Indicators
Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789287157423

This publication contains guidance on developing a methodological framework for social cohesion indicators which can be applied at local, regional, national and European levels, covering the conceptual approach used and its practical application. It sets out the results of the main applications and trials carried out in 2003 and 2004 and how they tie in with devising a framework of action.

Minimum Income Schemes in Europe

Minimum Income Schemes in Europe
Author: International Labour Organisation
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221148395

This book investigates the paradox of rich countries of Western Europe, who have high levels of poverty whilst proclaiming its eradication as one of the primary social and economic goals. It looks at how policies often do not achieve their goals, why countries need mechanisms to reduce wage inequality and why they choose to provide universal benefits instead of systems of selective benefits targeted at the poor. Along with cross-countries comparisons, the volume also presents analysis of the minimum income in France, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, and Greece.

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).

Autonomy of Sport in Europe

Autonomy of Sport in Europe
Author: Jean-Loup Chappelet
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287167200

Given the impact that successive court rulings have had on the organisation of the sports movement in the past 15 years, the autonomy of non-governmental sports organisations has become a highly topical concern in Europe. It is also closely related to the issue of governance, the subject of previous Council of Europe studies. The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) decided to explore the concept of autonomy in greater depth by studying the conceptual, political, legal, economic and psycho-sociological aspects of the subject. This study was carried out at the request of the EPAS by the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) on the basis of a questionnaire sent to public authorities in charge of sport and to national and international umbrella sports organisations. In addition to an analysis of the data obtained, documents produced by public authorities and sports organisations on this emerging issue are presented. This study contributes to a better understanding of the concept of autonomy and offers a clear picture of the issues involved.

Law and Governance in an Enlarged European Union

Law and Governance in an Enlarged European Union
Author: George A. Bermann
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1841134260

This book's principal aim is to critically address the institutional and substantive legal issues resulting from European enlargement, chiefly those relating to the legal foundations on which the enlarged Union is being built. The accession of new Member States creates the potential for a stronger and more powerful Europe. Realising this potential, however, will depend on the ability of the EU to develop functional and effective governance structures, both at the European level and at the level of the individual Member States. While the acquis communautaire will ensure that formal laws in the new Member States will be aligned with those of existing members, the question remains as to how effective institutions will be in implementing changes, and what effects the imposed changes will have on the legitimacy of the new legal framework. This book, containing the work of leading scholars in law and social sciences, examines the current and future legal framework for EU governance, and the role that new members will - or will not - play in the creation of that framework, paying particular attention to the specific challenges membership in the EU poses to the acceding states of Central and Eastern Europe. It is a book which will contribute to and influence debates over constitutionalism and legal harmonisation in the EU.

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union
Author: Erik Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 924
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199546282

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union brings together numerous acknowledged specialists in their field to provide a comprehensive and clear assessment of the nature, evolution, workings, and impact of European integration.

EU Legal Acts

EU Legal Acts
Author: Marise Cremona
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2018-02-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192549634

In this collection of essays, originally presented at the Academy of European Law in Florence, the changing landscape of the EU's legal acts is explored. Further to this, the changing boundaries between legal acts and processes which may create norms but do not create 'law' in the traditional sense are analysed. This landscape is presented in two ways. Firstly, by focusing on the transformations and challenges to the EU's traditional legal acts, in particular since the reconfiguration of the categories of legal acts and the procedures for which they are adopted by the Lisbon Treaty. Secondly, the collection focuses on those acts found at (or beyond) the margin of classic EU legal acts, including acts of Member States such as inter se treaties; self-regulation and collective agreements; so-called soft law; and decision-making outside the normal legislative procedures. The volume endeavours to explain the adaptability of the EU legal order despite the fact that the legal instruments at the Union's disposal have not fundamentally changed since the Treaty of Rome came into force 60 years ago. It explores the challenges that new decisional procedures and variations in the legal quality of EU acts pose for the EU's legal order, including alterations to institutional balance and the roles of the different institutional actors and challenges to the rule of law.