Austerity and the Implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy in Spain: Re-Shaping the European Productive and Social Model: A Reflexion from the South

ISBN-13: 9782807604360 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 340 str.

Javier Ramos-Diaz; Maria Esther del Campo Garcia

Opis

This book adopts a critical perspective to analyze the Europe-2020 Strategy and its effects on the transformation of the European productive and social model, particularly in Spain. The evidence provided in this book suggests that the Europe-2020 strategy cannot be dissociated from the policies of commodification initiated in the Stability and Growth Pact (Maastricht, 1997) nor from the Austerity measures implemented to deal with the financial crisis in 2007. These policies of "commodification" and "austerity" are seriously limiting Europe-2020 capacity to foster a smart, sustainable and inclusive productive transition, while adding greatly to the continuous process of precarization and social exclusion that European societies are suffering, especially in Southern Europe. The book presents empirical evidence on these externalities in areas as diverse as EU foreign policy, entrepreneurship or gender equality. But the special emphasis has been placed in those areas that the Europe 2020 strategy considers crucial such as employment, R&D, climate change and energy sustainability, education and fighting against poverty in Spain. Thanks to the profuse analyses carried out by a group of leading Spanish academics, the book constitutes a benchmark for scholars, practitioners and the general public interested in European and Spanish economic policy issues. "Essential contributions on the challenges faced by the Spanish economy when it comes to strengthening the Welfare State" (Valeriano Gomez, former Minister of Employment) "A most useful collection of contributions addressing Spain's difficulties in dealing with an indebted economy, and in need of re-shaping its strategic productive and social models within the EU" (Luis Moreno, IPP-CSIC). "This book provides appealing insights into the evolution of the Spanish productive and social protection systems under austerity, as well as an analysis of crucial aspects of the implementation of the EU 2020 Strategy. A must-read for professionals and students interested on European" (Ana Marta Guillen, Dep Sociology- Oviedo University)

Spis treści

Content: Javier Ramos: Introduction - Javier Ramos: The EU Facing Globalisation and the Financial Crisis. The Europe 2020 Strategy and the Definitive Triumph of Commodification in Europe - Cristina Blanco Sío-López: Designing Scenarios on Inclusive Globalisation. Europe 2020 and the Social Dimension of EU´s External Policy - Antonio Santos Ortega/David Muñoz-Rodríguez: The entrepreneur within the Framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The Route of the Entrepreneurial Activation Idea in the European Union - Esther del Campo/Marta Pajarín García: Gender Inequality in Europe 2020 and Spain - Alberto del Pozo Sen/Borja Suárez Corujo: The Europe 2020 Strategy in Spain. The Employment Objective - Celso Cancela Outeda/Bruno González Cacheda: The Spanish Productive Model Facing the Challenge of its Europeanisation - Armela Dino/Raúl Sánchez: Science, Technology and Innovation in Europe 2020 Strategy and its Effects in Spain - José Saturnino Martínez García/María Fernández-Mellizo: Objectives Europe 2020 for Spain: Education - Rafael Fernández-Font Pérez: The Ecological Transition in the Shade of Europe 2020 in Spain - Sergio González Begega/Eloisa del Pino: Social Policy in Spain under Austerity. Assessing EU Leverage for Structural Adjustment and Welfare Reform - Ana Arriba González de Durana/Vicente Marbán Gallego/Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes/Gregorio Rodríguez Cabrero: The Spanish Half-hearted Pursuit of Europe 2020's Poverty Target.

O autorze

Javier Ramos is Research Associate at ICEI (Complutense Institute of International Studies) - Complutense University of Madrid and Academic Director of the Complutense University expertise programs on "Crowdfunding" and Social Innovation and Collaborative Economy.

Esther del Campo is Professor of Political Science and Administration at the Complutense University of Madrid. At present, she is director of the Doctorate in Political Sciences and of the Administration and International Relations of the Complutense University of Madrid.