Economic globalization and the role of the EU social policy as challenge (not only) for Central and Eastern Europe

Abstract

The paper outlines the history of the social dimension in the European Union generally and in the former countries of the communist bloc that joined the Union in the beginning of the new century specifically. It assess existing proposals on strengthening the social dimension of European integration as a condition of maintaining its political legitimacy in the context of economic globalization.

Keywords

• Economic globalization
• social policy
• Central and Eastern Europe
• EU