Ideas of Social Europe

In this prescient book, Dominic Afscharian outlines the meaning and implications of ‘social Europe’, questioning why citizens do not see a European Union with a 'human face' in their everyday lives. Identifying the key political actors in the European Parliament and Commission, he explores the dominant ideologies that govern influential institutions and political parties and demonstrates how these inhibit political change. Afscharian analyses the main proponents and opponents of European social