The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights

The European integration process –which may be interpreted as a federalizing process– faces strong cultural and economic resistances. As a matter of fact, social rights have been understood and performed –within an old tradition of political thought– as proximity rights that cannot be universalized...

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Main Author: SANDRO STAIANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Jaén 2014-06-01
Series:Age of Human Rights Journal
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Online Access:http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1401
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spelling doaj-730129965cf64b88a68ea7a122e6b23d2020-11-25T00:09:27ZengUniversidad de JaénAge of Human Rights Journal2340-95922014-06-0122545The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social RightsSANDRO STAIANO0Università di Napoli Federico II (Italy)The European integration process –which may be interpreted as a federalizing process– faces strong cultural and economic resistances. As a matter of fact, social rights have been understood and performed –within an old tradition of political thought– as proximity rights that cannot be universalized beyond the context of national States; this led to the resistant ideology of the protective function of State borders. Therefore it seems that the construction of the European Union as a complete political subject cannot be developed further if a centralized European Welfare is not created.http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1401Nation-State crisissocial rightsEuropean federalizingEuropean federalizing process
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The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
Age of Human Rights Journal
Nation-State crisis
social rights
European federalizing
European federalizing process
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title The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
title_short The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
title_full The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
title_fullStr The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
title_full_unstemmed The Crisis of State Sovereignty and Social Rights
title_sort crisis of state sovereignty and social rights
publisher Universidad de Jaén
series Age of Human Rights Journal
issn 2340-9592
publishDate 2014-06-01
description The European integration process –which may be interpreted as a federalizing process– faces strong cultural and economic resistances. As a matter of fact, social rights have been understood and performed –within an old tradition of political thought– as proximity rights that cannot be universalized beyond the context of national States; this led to the resistant ideology of the protective function of State borders. Therefore it seems that the construction of the European Union as a complete political subject cannot be developed further if a centralized European Welfare is not created.
topic Nation-State crisis
social rights
European federalizing
European federalizing process
url http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1401
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