El Modelo Social Europeo entre la modernización competitiva y la resistencia frente al neoliberalismo.

Authors

  • Cristoph Hermann Working Life Research Centre, Vienna
  • Ines Hofbauer

Keywords:

social policy, european discourse, neoliberalism, social struggle

Abstract

The European social model is a phrase often heard in European discourse. This article describes the remarkable shift the term has experienced in the last two decades. While it was first invented to symbolise Delors’s vision of a social-democratic Europe, it was then increasingly used to legitimise a predominately neoliberal integration process, before becoming a justification for the cutting back of existing welfare systems. The popularity of the European social model, however, still stems from the fact that it articulates an alternative to US-style free-market capitalism. The concept is therefore also used by left forces in order to formulate their vision of an alternative Europe.

Published

2021-06-24

How to Cite

Hermann, C., & Hofbauer, I. (2021). El Modelo Social Europeo entre la modernización competitiva y la resistencia frente al neoliberalismo. Journal of Critical Economics, 1(6), 15–26. Retrieved from https://revistaeconomiacritica.org/index.php/rec/article/view/399

Issue

Section

Social, health and pension policy issues