What are the Future Prospects for the European Social Model?: an Analysis of EU Equal Opportunities and Employment Policy

• Autores: Beryl Ter Haar, Paul Copeland
• Localización: European Law Journal, ISSN-e 1468-0386, Vol. 16, Nº. 3, 2010, págs. 273-291
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The aim of our article is to examine the future prospects of the European Social Model (ESM). First, the article defines the ESM as a mixture of hard law, soft law and underlying norms and values. Second, the article analyses the ESM on a more detailed level in the case of the law of equal opportunities and employment through a historical account and the legal dynamics of integration. The results of the analysis indicate a growing integration capacity of the ESM. Yet, this runs counter to the current neoliberal preferences of the Barroso Commission which has moved from a strategy of combining economic growth and social cohesion, to one in which economic growth creates social cohesion.