The role of the public services in building European citizenship
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
- Vol. 3 (1) , 98-118
- https://doi.org/10.1177/102425899700300108
Abstract
The debate on public services has featured strongly in the preparation of the Intergovernmental Conference for revision of the Maastricht Treaty. The Conference has emphasised the search for a European defence policy or a Union foreign policy. But there is a need also to pay more attention to the social dialogue at European and regional level. This contribution considers the future of the European Union from a number of angles. The author examines the effects of globalisation and its contradictory impact on the expectations of workers and citizens, particularly in relation to a European Social Union; and in his view, the public services will continue to have a special role to play in the future.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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