Palmer, John, (2016), “Programme For A Good, More Social And Sustainable Europe”, Social Europe Journal, 10 February
As the pro-European, left wing British think tank, Compass, has rightly insisted, any serious project for a “Good Europe” must first confront the multiple crises facing the European Union. Mindless austerity, the retreat by EU governments from the goals of social justice and sustainable growth together with foreign and security entanglements with the cauldron of destruction and population displacement in the Middle East: these are fuelling the growth of hard right populism and xenophobia across swaths of Europe.
Relevant Posts
- Cremer, Helmuth, Roeder, Kerstin, (2016), “Social insurance with competitive insurance markets and risk misperception”, Centre for Economic Policy Research, January
- Anderson, Karen, (2015), “Social Policy in the European Union”, Palgrave-Macmillan publications, March