Premium
Rethinking the European Social Market Economy: Introduction to the Special Issue
Author(s) -
Claassen Rutger,
Gerbrandy Anna,
Princen Sebastiaan,
Segers Mathieu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12820
Subject(s) - european union , meaning (existential) , european economy , inclusion (mineral) , political science , free market , social economy , treaty , economy , key (lock) , economic system , economics , political economy , market economy , sociology , international trade , social science , law , psychology , ecology , politics , psychotherapist , biology
This contribution offers an introduction to the Special Issue ‘Rethinking the European Social Market Economy’. It places the Special Issue against the background of the debate on free markets versus social protection in the European Union and the inclusion of the notion of ‘social market economy’ in the Treaty on European Union. It sketches the meaning and development of the social market economy concept, and introduces the key questions underlying this Special Issue and the contributions included in it.