Welfare

Gerard Cornilleau (1)

1 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)

Welfare lies at the heart of the European political debate. The French and the Dutch rejection of the European constitution project in the spring of 2005 can largely be explained by worries stirred by the return of the primacy of economics over the social aims of public intervention. [First lines]

Keywords: Welfare systems; Poverty and public welfare spending; European Union

Domains: Economics and Finance

Gerard Cornilleau. Welfare. Alberto Martinelli. Transatlantic Divide, Oxford University Press, pp.143 - 164, 2007, 9780199204533. ⟨hal-03397590⟩