TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ota De Leonardis
AU  - Serafino Negrelli
AU  - Robert Salais
PY  - 2012
CY  - Bruxelles, Belgium
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1376-0955
SN  - 9783035262025
TI  - Democracy and Capabilities for Voice
T2  - Welfare, Work and Public Deliberation in Europe
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0352-6202-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1044159
N2  - Social rights in terms of welfare and work are disappearing from the European political agenda, the more so as austerity is assumed to be the only imperative response to the financial crisis. This book, which collects the results of the leading European integrated research project CAPRIGHT («Resources, Rights and Capabilities: In Search of Social Foundations for Europe»), argues for an alternative way out, which puts the enhancement of citizens’ capabilities at the core of the European social model. The contributors show why and how a democracy grounded in economic and social life – where a plurality of voices may be heard, where citizens participate in collective bargaining and public deliberation – is crucial for the Europe’s future. The contributions in this book are the result of a four-year period of research and workshops (2007-2010), with the main focus on how lifelong learning, the labour market, employment and social protection combine in terms of personal experience and whether the resources available at certain key points are sufficient, when factors creating risk or discontinuity can impede personal development.
KW  - Welfare, CAPRIGHT, European Social Model, Social Rights
LA  - English
ER  -