The political economy of the European social model / Philip B. Whyman, Mark J. Baimbridge, and Andrew Mullen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-388) and index.

The European social model -- Part I: From liberal to neo-liberal Europe -- Liberal Europe during the Cold War order (1947-1982) : from the European Recovery Program to the socialist challenge ; The political economy of Western Europe's social models in the Cold War order : inevitable and convergent welfare states? ; Neo-liberal Europe in the new world order (1985-2007) : from the Single Market to the European Constitution ; The political economy of Western Europe's social models in the new world order : retrenching welfare states and the emergence of social Europe? -- Part II: Alternative ocial models to neo-liberal Europe -- Progressive social forces and the transformation of the world order : radical national alternatives ; Progressive social forces and the transformation of the world order : Euro-Keynesian and radical European alternatives -- Part III: The neoliberalization of EU policy -- Operation of economic policy ; Fiscal federalism : a missed opportunity or an emerging consensus? ; European social policy : constructing a European social model and defending the European model of society? ; Social partnership and labour market flexibility -- Part IV: What future for a social Europe? -- Neoliberalisation and enlargement : incompatible goals? ; Social Europe and enlargement : threat or opportunity? ; National economic policy alternatives ; From rescue and stimulus to the age of austerity : the European response to the Great Recession and the prospects for social Europe.