Social Failures of EU Enlargement: A Case of Workers Voting with their Feet

By Guglielmo Meardi

This book provides a blunt assessment of EU enlargement eastwards, based on fifteen years of fieldwork research across Central and Eastern Europe, through a focus on the hitherto neglected social and employment problems at three levels: the largely failed implementation of EU social regulations; social dumping and relocation threats operated by multinational companies; and migration flows resulting in increased worker vulnerability. This is the first critical book on EU enlargement from a social sciences perspective. Unlike existing books on EU enlargement, this volume considers geopolitical and institutional aspects and assesses the link between EU, national and company levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138203017
• ISBN13: 9781138203013
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"