Researching Social Services of General Interest: an Analytical Framework Derived from Underlying Policy Systems

Humer Alois ()
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Humer Alois: University of Vienna, Department of Geography and Regional Research, Universitaetsstrasse 7/5, 1010 Vienna, Austria

European Spatial Research and Policy, 2014, vol. 21, issue 1, 18

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/esrp-2014-0006

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