The Central Eastern European Countries: What European Social Models and Growth?
| Author(s): | doc. PhDr. Julie Chytilová Ph.D., † prof. Ing. Michal Mejstřík CSc., |
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| Type: | Chapter in book |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Number: | 0 |
| ISSN / ISBN: | 978-80-7378-074-6 |
| Published in: | MatfyzPress; Michal Mejstřík et al., Social-Economic Models and Policies to Support Active Citizens: Czech Republic and Europe |
| Publishing place: | Praha |
| Keywords: | European Social Model, competitiveness, welfare, public goods |
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| Suggested Citation: | Chytilová J., Mejstřík M., The Central Eastern European Countries: What European Social Models and Growth? In: Mejstřík M., et al. Social-Economic Models and Policies to Support Active Citizens: Czech Republic and Europe, MatfyzPress, Praha 2008 |
| Grants: | IES Research Framework Institutional task (2005-2011) Integration of the Czech economy into European union and its development |
| Abstract: | The authors find that as they seek to develop a social model both appropriate to their needs and consistent with EU standards, Eastern European countries must understand that a single European Social Model does not exist. Recently, some Eastern European unionists have begun to support their demands with reference to the European Social Model, which they only comprehend, however, in terms of its most inefficient Continental form. Eastern European countries must engage in a deeper public discussion of the pros and cons of various diverse social models, while taking into account the effects of different social models on the past and future competitiveness of the countries that have adopted them. Instead of fixating on the past, let those models compete to open up opportunities based on a forward-looking approach with full respect for minimum harmonised standards (such as the social safety net). |
