Austerity and the Demise of Social Europe
The Baltic Model versus the European Social Model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12716623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Woolfson (0000-0002-1933-3847, REMESO, Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden, corresponding author), Jeffrey Sommers (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-93 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Globalizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14747731.2015.1052623 |
| OpenAlex | W921674342 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article draws on the experience of the imposition of radical austerity measures in the Baltic states. It challenges the myth that austerity can be achieved in a socially and economically ‘costless’ manner. Baltic-style austerity has now become a template of ‘successful adjustment’ and a recipe for recovery of the Eurozone. The authors argue contra such ‘myth-making’ that austerity is compromising the longer run sustainability of societies that follow this path, while simultaneously ending prospects of the adhesion of a European ‘Social Model’ in the post-communist periphery. The article is a contribution to an emerging debate in academic and policy circles concerning the viability and future of Europe's ‘Social Model’ in an age of austerity
Austerity · Communism · Demise · Development economics · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · Economy · European social model · European union · Firth · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sustainability · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |