Solidarity

Solidarity

Solidarity

Solidarity

5 December 2016

How Weberian is Angela Merkel?

By Giulia Bistagnino

Far from betraying the teachings of Max Weber, Angela Merkel’s policy on the refugees makes her a true Weberian leader.

11 November 2016

Solidarity, charity and stability

By Carlo Burelli

Realistic solidarity should be understood as opposed to charity. So conceived, solidarity benefits the less advantaged with material welfare, and the well-off with socio-political stability.

28 October 2016

Juncker’s SOTEU 2016: Solidarity, Innovation, and Political Action

By Pamela Pansardi

Juncker’s latest State of the European Union speech was less emotional and more pragmatic than the previous one. This might be the result of the EU’s political crisis.

19 September 2016

The travails and rebirth of social dialogue in the post-crisis EU

By Igor Guardiancich

While there are signs that social dialogue has been revitalized after the euro crisis, its full recovery as a policy-making tool is yet to come.

5 September 2016

The end of the European left? Alternatives after crisis, Syriza and Brexit

By David Bailey

Rather than clinging to traditional notions of social Europe, European leftists should look at the continent’s emerging civil society experiments to find a way for the future.

25 July 2016

Restricting access to social benefits and the lasting legacy of the Brexit debate

By Fancesco Costamagna

In an attempt to accommodate some of the United Kingdom’s requests, the European Court of Justice has created a dangerous precedent for the EU’s freedom of movement.

30 May 2016

Territory, Politics and Growth: Opportunities and Challenges

By Maurizio Ferrera

Territories and space have acquired a new salience in the post-industrial, globalized politico-economic systems. In addition to great opportunities, however, spatial politics implies a number of threats to the well-being of our societies.

12 May 2016

The religious foundations of the European Crisis

By Joseph Hien

The European sovereign debt crisis has opened a rift between European countries. It runs between North and South and between Catholic and Protestant nations. Are we witnessing a European clash of cultures?

21 April 2016

Financial challenges to solidarity: Completing the European banking union

By Anna Viterbo

The European Union’s banking union is an important step forward on the path of further integration. Without incorporating proper mechanisms of solidarity, however, it risks remaining an incomplete construction.

17 December 2015

Fraternity: a realistic starting point for solidarity

By Carlo Burelli

That solidarity still seems in scarce supply within the EU should not be cause for despair, as another important ideal resource might help Europe support its own transition to a political community: the concept of fraternity.

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