Struggling for a Social Europe: Neoliberal Globalization and the Birth of a European Social Movement

Protests at summit meetings have inspired intense debate over the nature and significance of the 'anti-globalization' or 'anti-capitalist’ movement. However, the European dimension of this movement is still largely unknown. In this insightful book Andy Mathers addresses this deficit by focusing on events that have marked the birth of a European social movement.

He relates the development of the movement to key matters such as economic, employment and welfare state restructuring along neolibe...