Resumen de Resocialising Europe in a time of crisis

Bob Hepple

• Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis, edited by Nicola Contouris and Mark Freedland, is reviewed. These two collections of papers seek ways to rescue the European Social Model (ESM), including the rights and principles enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, from the crisis. Among the important questions they raise are: What is the scope and effect of economic and social rights? How can State Parties to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights full their obligation to expend the maximum available resources towards the progressive realisation of economic and social rights in a time of crisis? How could participatory democracy and social dialogue be utilised?