The Social Dimension of European Integration and Enlargement: 'Social Europe' and Eastern Enlargement of the EU

Takumi Horibayashi ()
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Takumi Horibayashi: Kanazawa University, Japan

The Journal of Comparative Economic Studies (JCES), 2006, vol. 2, 3-31

Abstract: This paper argues that the social dimension of European integration has been lesser priority than economic and political considerations. It also explores the conflict between the aspiration of a European-style welfare system and IMF-World Bank-backed residualism in post-communist regions since 1989; the paper also argues that the EU did not have an influence on the post-communist welfare system with regard to 'Social Europe'. Lastly, this paper concludes that a newly enlarged Europe has not yet achieved a strong orientation towards 'Social Europe', and that the creation of greater symmetry between 'Economic Europe' and 'Social Europe' is indispensable for the future of the EU.

Keywords: EU; Social Europe; EU Eastern enlargement; social policy; welfare system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 I38 P36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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