| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Modern studies in European law ; volume 80
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Modern studies in European law ; v. 80.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Welfare, citizenship and social justice in action -- The rise of market citizenship and the illusion of equal treatment -- Discounting proportionality and exacerbating disadvantage -- Market citizenship and ideological obligations to justice : the market as morality -- Activation-plus : welfare reforms and declaratory discrimination -- Resisting competence for market citizens : shortcomings in the social security coordination framework -- Market citizenship and administrative barriers to justice -- Is European social justice possible? -- Unity in adversity : some conclusions. |
| Summary |
"The EU is at a crossroads of constitution and conscience. Unity in Adversity argues that EU market citizenship is incompatible with a pursuit of social justice, because it contributes to the social exclusion of women and children, promotes a class-based conception of rights, and tolerates in-work poverty. The limitations of EU citizenship are clearest when EU nationals engage with national welfare systems, but this experience has been neglected in EU legal research. Unityin Adversity draws upon the groundbreaking EU Rights Project, working first hand with EU nationals in the UK, providing advice and advocacy, and giving ethnographic insight into the process of navigating EU and UK welfare law. Its study of EU law in action is a radical new approach, and the case studies illustrate the political, legal and administrative obstacles to justice faced by EU nationals. Taken together, the strands demonstrate that 'equal treatment' for EU nationals is an illusion. The UK's welfare reforms directed at EU nationals are analysed as a programme of declaratory discrimination, and in light of the subsequent referendum, should be treated as a cautionary tale--both to the EU, to take social justice seriously, and to other Member States, to steer away from xenophobic law-making."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Europeans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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Europeans. |
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Great Britain. |
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Citizenship -- Great Britain.
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Citizenship. |
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Citizenship -- European Union countries.
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European Union countries. |
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Social legislation -- Great Britain.
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Social legislation. |
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Social legislation -- European Union countries.
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| Indexed Term |
Brexit |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Brien, Charlotte. Unity in adversity. Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017 9781849467193 (DLC) 2017032008 |
| ISBN |
9781509918539 (electronic book) |
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1509918531 (electronic book) |
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9781509918522 (electronic book) |
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1509918523 (electronic book) |
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9781509995561 |
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1509995560 |
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1849467196 |
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9781849467193 |
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9781849467193 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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