Social Policy Legitimacy and Active Citizenship. The social Model of the European Union: national and supranational aspects
Social Policy Legitimacy and Active Citizenship. The social Model of the European Union: national and supranational aspects

Summary/Abstract: In recent years we have been witnessing a growing interest in social policy at the supranational level and in the process of creating a “European Social Model”. This paper analyses the dilemma between supranational wishes for a European social policy and nation state willingness to transfer national capacities. National social protection has been exposed to regime competition between European Union Member States with different levels of incomes, taxes, wages and social security contributions and a supranational response need to find viable solutions in this direction. But every social policy finds its legitimacy in citizen’s attitude towards the social interventions.

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