LECTURE 2





                                   EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY:

   from the Treaty of Rome to the Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union









   1.  identify the role social policy has played in

   the development of the European Union;

   

   

   

   2.  examine the role of social policy in European Union integration theory

   -        how the development of European

   Union social policy has related to

   theories of European integration

   

   

   

   

   

   

                                             LECTURE 2

   

                                   EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY:

   from the Treaty of Rome to the Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union









                   The Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union





   1.      Introduction

   

   2.      Twelve areas of fundamental social rights for workers

   (i)                         Freedom of movement

   (ii)                     Employment and remuneration

   (iii)                  Improvements in living and working conditions

   (iv)                   Social protection

   (v)                       Freedom of association and collective bargaining

   (vi)                   Vocational training

   (vii)                Equal treatment for men and women

   (viii)            Rights to information, consultation and participation

   (ix)                   Health and safety

   (x)                      Protection of children and adolescents

   (xi)                   Elderly persons

   (xii)               Disabled persons

   

   3.      The implementation of the Charter

   

   

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                                   EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY:

   from the Treaty of Rome to the Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union

   

   

                Reasons for social policy in the E.U being stronger by the mid-1990s

   

   1.    The European Union could no longer be ignored;

   

   2.    Internal E.U. institutional changes;

   

   3.    A supportive E.U. Commission;

   

   4.    The development of new social policy non-governmental organisations (NGOs);

   

   5.    The majority of trade unions and `leftist' parties in E.U. states had become committed
   to the E.U.;

   

   6.    Three new Member States joined in 1994 (Austria, Finland and Sweden) -- all with strong
   social policy traditions

   

   





                                             LECTURE 2

   

   

                                   EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY:

   from the Treaty of Rome to the Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union

   

   

   

   

   

   "The social dimension permeates all our discussions and everything we do ... Think what a boost
   it would be for democracy and social justice if we could demonstrate that we are capable of
   working together to create a better integrated society open to all."

   (Jacques Delors, Head of E.U.Commission,

   speech, October 1989)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

                                             LECTURE 2

   

                                   EUROPEAN UNION SOCIAL POLICY:

   from the Treaty of Rome to the Social Charter of the Maastricht Treaty on European Union

   

   

   Two key questions raised by expansion of E.U. social policy in late 1980s and in the 1990s:

   

   

   1.   Why did this expansion of E.U. social policy occur,

   and can it be sustained?

   

   2.   Is the growth of E.U. social policy a positive development?

   

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   1.   Why did this expansion of E.U. social policy occur,

   and can it be sustained?

   

   a)   Realist

   

   b)   Functionalist

   

   

   2. Is the growth of E.U. social policy a positive development?

   

   a)   the political `right'

   

   b)   the political `left'

   

                                             LECTURE 2





                               THEORIES OF EUROPEAN UNION INTEGRATION



   1.  FEDERALISM

   - 3 MAIN ASSUMPTIONS:

   a)   societies are complex and diverse;

   b)   societies are pluralistic

   c)    since societies are diverse and pluralistic, institutions which protect diversity and
   autonomy, but which produce unity, are required.

   

   

   2.   FUNCTIONALISM

   - the functions of different elements of societies (including at social policy level) would
   encourage and produce co-operation and integration.

   

   

   3.   NEO-FUNCTIONALISM

   - based on principle of `spillover' (as integration occurs in one area/sector of the E.U. the
   benefits would `spillover' into other sectors, and produce integration in them).