EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds.

This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality.

The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies.

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds.

This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality.

The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies.

The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU''s ''judicial constitution'' to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court of Justice enforces the constitution of integration, it favors economic freedoms under mainly liberal paradigms, but socially embeds constitutionalism in citizenship cases. The ''judicial constitution'' contrasts with EU Treaties after the Treaty of Lisbon in that their new value base enhances European social integration. However, the Treaties too seem contradictory in that they do not expand the EU''s competence regime accordingly. In the light of these contradictions, Dagmar Schiek proposes a ''constitution of social governance'': the Court and EU institutions should encourage steps towards social integration at EU level to be taken by transnational societal actors, rather than condemn their relevant activity.

Economic and Social Integration will appeal to academics and postgraduate students in EU law, EU politics, European sociology, international relations, international law, labor law, and welfare state theory. Undergraduate students in labor law, policy advisors on EU social policy and welfare state, government departments and EU Commission departments will also find much to interest them in this book.

Arbeitsrechtliche Beziehungen werden sehr stark von der Europäischen Integration geprägt. Das Buch macht die Lesenden der Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Politikwissenschaften an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen mit dem Europäischen Arbeitsrecht vertraut und geht dabei auch auf das Europäische Arbeitsrecht in rechtsvergleichender und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive ein. Für die 4. Auflage nach mehr als 15 Jahren wurde das Standardwerk zum Europäischen Arbeitsrecht umfassend überarbeitet und neu strukturiert. Der erste Teil enthält nun u.a. eine umfassende Einführung in völkerrechtliche und rechtsvergleichende Perspektiven auf das Europäische Arbeitsrecht, gefolgt von einem EU-rechtlichen Grundlagenteil. Teil 2 ist weiterhin der exemplarischen Darstellung wesentlicher Elemente der EU-Rechtssetzung im Arbeitsrecht gewidmet, wobei zu den bisher erfassten Themen die jüngsten regulatorischen Reflektionen der „Gigökonomie“ hinzukommen.

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds.

This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality.

The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies.

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to the ability of EU law to address the situation of persons excluded on a number of grounds.

This edited collection addresses the increasing complexity of European Equality Law from jurisprudential, sociological and political science perspectives. Internationally renowned researchers from Scandinavian, Continental and Central European countries and Britain analyse consequences of multiplying discrimination grounds within EU equality law, considering its multidimensionality and intersectionality.

The contributors to the volume theorise the move from formal to substantive equality law and its interrelation to new forms of governance, demonstrating the specific combination of non-discrimination law with welfare state models which reveal the global implications of the European Union. The book will be of interest to academics and policy makers all over the world, in particular to those researching and studying law, political sciences and sociology with an interest in human rights, non discrimination law, contract and employment law or European studies.

The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU''s ''judicial constitution'' to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court of Justice enforces the constitution of integration, it favors economic freedoms under mainly liberal paradigms, but socially embeds constitutionalism in citizenship cases. The ''judicial constitution'' contrasts with EU Treaties after the Treaty of Lisbon in that their new value base enhances European social integration. However, the Treaties too seem contradictory in that they do not expand the EU''s competence regime accordingly. In the light of these contradictions, Dagmar Schiek proposes a ''constitution of social governance'': the Court and EU institutions should encourage steps towards social integration at EU level to be taken by transnational societal actors, rather than condemn their relevant activity.

Economic and Social Integration will appeal to academics and postgraduate students in EU law, EU politics, European sociology, international relations, international law, labor law, and welfare state theory. Undergraduate students in labor law, policy advisors on EU social policy and welfare state, government departments and EU Commission departments will also find much to interest them in this book.

Arbeitsrechtliche Beziehungen werden sehr stark von der Europäischen Integration geprägt. Das Buch macht die Lesenden der Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Politikwissenschaften an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen mit dem Europäischen Arbeitsrecht vertraut und geht dabei auch auf das Europäische Arbeitsrecht in rechtsvergleichender und völkerrechtlicher Perspektive ein. Für die 4. Auflage nach mehr als 15 Jahren wurde das Standardwerk zum Europäischen Arbeitsrecht umfassend überarbeitet und neu strukturiert. Der erste Teil enthält nun u.a. eine umfassende Einführung in völkerrechtliche und rechtsvergleichende Perspektiven auf das Europäische Arbeitsrecht, gefolgt von einem EU-rechtlichen Grundlagenteil. Teil 2 ist weiterhin der exemplarischen Darstellung wesentlicher Elemente der EU-Rechtssetzung im Arbeitsrecht gewidmet, wobei zu den bisher erfassten Themen die jüngsten regulatorischen Reflektionen der „Gigökonomie“ hinzukommen.