Social Europe

The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory analysis of factors that might explain the cross-national
variations in the level tax morality across the European Union. In order to do this, three competing
explanations for the cross-national variations in tax morality will be evaluated which variously view
lower levels of tax morality to be a result of either: under-development (a modernisation explanation);
high taxes, state corruption and too much state interference (a neo-liberal explanation), or too little
state redistribution and intervention to protect citizens (a structuralist explanation). Evaluating the
cross-national variations in tax morality reported in a 2007 Eurobarometer survey using multi
level
econometric techniques, the finding is that the tax morality of a baseline European citizen is higher in
more developed and less corrupt nations and in countries with higher levels of taxation, social protection
and redistribution. The outcome is a call for a synthesis of the three explanations in the form of a new
neo-modernisation explanation which, contrary to neo-liberal discourse, argues that developed nations
with higher levels of taxation, greater levels of social protection and higher levels of redistribution have
higher levels of tax morality. The tentative policy implications are then discussed

Start: My name is Heiner Benking, we are here for a Structured Dialogic Design Training Seminar in Nicosia in the UN Buffer-Zone in July 2011 and I am talking to Alexander Christakis. He is the founder of the international non-profit Institute for 21st Century Agoras (GLOBAL AGORAS) and past-president of the International Society of Systems Sciences.

I begin: Professor Christakis, in our first interview  in Europe’sWorld we looked back to the origins of the work that you and your colleagues began 40 years ago, including your role in the launch of the Club of Rome. Today I am looking for your views on the current global situation – Arab Spring and the crisis in Greece, for example -- and what you feel needs to be done to cope with the mess we face today.  But before we take on the global situation, please tell us a little about this Summer School and its unique opportunity as a training seminar for those who are interested in your design approach.

Christakis: Through this Institute for 21st Century Agoras we are trying to build capacity of people to solve complex problems together.  .....

The solemnly proclaimed European Pillar of Social Rights provides a meaningful response to the process of building a deeper, fairer European Union in the aftermath of the crisis. This chapter aims to provide a critical assessment of the nature, scope, rationale, purpose, content and effectiveness of the Pillar in the light of its potential contribution to foster social fairness and competitiveness in the EU.

This working paper aims to provide a critical assessment of the impact of the economic and financial crisis on the protection of fundamental social rights in the euro area. It is based on a comparative analysis of national and European case law  in connection with the macroeconomic adjustment programmes in the euro area Member States receiving financial assistance. The austerity measures have been challenged before the relevant authorities at national and European level within the Council of Europe and the EU, with mixed results. It also examines new issues raised by the introduction of the European Stability Mechanism from the angle of fundamental rights. Finally, the initiative for a European Pillar of Social Rights is placed in the broader context of the multilevel protection of social rights in Europe. Converging approaches are needed.

The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory analysis of factors that might explain the cross-national variations in the level tax morality across the European Union. In order to do this, three competing explanations for the cross-national variations in tax morality will be evaluated which variously view lower levels of tax morality to be a result of either: under-development (a modernisation explanation); high taxes, state corruption and too much state interference (a neo-liberal explanation), or too little state redistribution and intervention to protect citizens (a structuralist explanation). Evaluating the cross-national variations in tax morality reported in a 2007 Eurobarometer survey using multilevel econometric techniques, the finding is that the tax morality of a baseline European citizen is higher in more developed and less corrupt nations and in countries with higher levels of taxation, social protection and redistribution. The outcome is a call for a synthesis of t...

The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory analysis of factors that might explain the cross-national variations in the level tax morality across the European Union. In order to do this, three competing explanations for the cross-national variations in tax morality will be evaluated which variously view lower levels of tax morality to be a result of either: under-development (a modernisation explanation); high taxes, state corruption and too much state interference (a neo-liberal explanation), or too little state redistribution and intervention to protect citizens (a structuralist explanation). Evaluating the cross-national variations in tax morality reported in a 2007 Eurobarometer survey using multi level econometric techniques, the finding is that the tax morality of a baseline European citizen is higher in more developed and less corrupt nations and in countries with higher levels of taxation, social protection and redistribution. The outcome is a call for a synthesis of ...

Предметом изучения данной статьи является изучение общеевропейской концептосферы Европейского союза, основные этапы и исторические предпосылки ее формирования. В статье выделяются основные исторически обоснованные концепты общеевропейского пространства, а также описывается общий механизм их пересмотра во время кризисных социальных процессов. В этой связи автор изучает возможность воспроизведения прагматического эффекта при переводе как главном процессе обеспечения межкультурной коммуникации и достижения адекватности перевода.