The Political Economy of European Social Rights

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Emilios Christodoulidis

Independent

Marco Goldoni

University of Glasgow - Faculty of Law & Financial Studies

Date Written: December 29, 2016

Abstract

The new economic governance of the Eurozone has heavily impacted on social rights, in particular in the most indebted Member States. This chapter reconstructs the logic behind the attack upon social rights by adopting a materialist approach (i.e., critique of the political economy) and it provides a strong criticism of the functionalist attitude adopted by EU institutions in the aftermath of the crisis.

Keywords: Social Rights; Critique of Political Economy; Functionalism; Loi Travail

JEL Classification: K19; K31

Suggested Citation

Christodoulidis, Emilios and Goldoni, Marco, The Political Economy of European Social Rights (December 29, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2891306 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2891306

Marco Goldoni (Contact Author)

University of Glasgow - Faculty of Law & Financial Studies ( email )

Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom

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