The European national welfare states and the dissolution of the EU
This paper examines the causes of prominent radical political options and behaviors that are already visible on a daily basis in the European Union. In public discourse there is a simplified belief that the primarily responsibility for this lies with the immigrants and fear caused by ter...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Filozofija i Društvo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2018/0353-57381802275A.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines the causes of prominent radical political options and
behaviors that are already visible on a daily basis in the European Union.
In public discourse there is a simplified belief that the primarily
responsibility for this lies with the immigrants and fear caused by
terrorist attacks carried out in Europe or the old European latent
nationalism. Although these elements undoubtedly contribute to the
development of radicalism, the author argues that the key sources for this
issue should be found in the difficulties encountered by the European
national welfare states. This is the source of ever-greater mutual
intolerance among the citizens of the European Union, which can take on
various forms of political, cultural, ideological and physical conflict. On
the basis of these arguments the author concludes that the European Union is
indeed in a historic milestone but the real danger of the European Union’s
disintegration is not primarily in cultural, civilization, confessional,
security or geopolitical sources, but this source should first be sought
through the prism of the European national social states and the
expectations of citizens referring to them. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-5738 2334-8577 |