A European Social Citizenship?

PROJECT ENDED. Duration: 2002-2004 [this page is no longer updated]

A European Social Citizenship? Preconditions for Future Policies in Historical Light

The aim of this project is to explore the preconditions of a European social citizenship. The social dimension is deeply entrenched in national histories. The social dimension is not least seen as a particular Social Democratic achievement, difficult to imagine in other categories than the nation. This seems to be the case even when nation states are put under severe pressure exactly as national polities in the wake of the emergence of a new kind of capitalism with new forms of labour markets and of societies ('globalisation') (Boltanski and Chiapello 1999). What does this point of departure mean for EU as a polity? The reflection on this question through a series of seminars and workshops will result in an edited volume.

BO STRÅTH , Professor of History and joint chair with the History and Civilisation Department, and LARS MAGNUSSON , Professor at Uppsala University , codirect this project in co-operation with the National Institute for Working Life - SALTSA, Stockholm .