Solidarity as a Public Virtue?: Law and Public Policies in the European Union

Veronica Federico; Prof. Dr. Christian Lahusen

doi:10.5771/9783845290058

Summary

Dieser Sammelband widmet sich dem Solidaritätsprinzip. Er untersucht die Rolle der Solidarität als Rechtsprinzip und als Bestandteil der Politik in acht europäischen Ländern (Dänemark, Frankreich, Deutschland, Griechenland, Italien, Polen, Schweiz und Großbritannien) und innerhalb der Europäischen Union. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf Entwicklungen in drei Themenbereichen: Arbeitslosigkeit, Einwanderung und Asyl sowie Behinderung.

Die Analysen zeigen, dass Solidarität ein Verfassungsprinzip in allen acht Ländern ist und somit eine legitime Quelle für Recht, Rechtsprechung und Gesetzgebung darstellt. In den Bereichen Arbeitslosigkeit, Migration und Behinderung wird Solidarität zwar nicht überall als verfassungsrechtliches Prinzipien explizit genannt, aber die Gesetzgebung ist ihr in den genannten Feldern dennoch verpflichtet. Allerdings zeigen die Analysen, dass die Rolle des Solidaritätsprinzips in Zeiten europäischer Krisen in allen untersuchten Ländern und Politikfeldern abnimmt.

Mit Beiträgen von

Christian Lahusen, Veronica Federico, Deniz Neriman Duru, Thomas Spejlborg Sejersen, Hans-Jörg Trenz, Manlio Cinalli, Carlo de Nuzzo, Ulrike Zschache, Maria M. Mexi, Nicola Maggini, Janina Petelczyc, Eva Fernández G.G., Délia Girod, Tom Montgomery, Simone Baglioni, Ester di Napoli, Deborah Russo, und Tania Abbiate

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Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4739-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9005-8
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Transnational Perspectives on Transformations
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 554
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 11 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. Solidarity: An Evocative Concept
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2. The Socio-Economic Context and the Crisis
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3. Solidarity as Public Virtue? The Structure of the Volume
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      1. The Principle of Solidarity in the Constitutional Act of Denmark from 1849 (Grundloven)
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    2. The Emergence of the Danish Welfare State
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      1. The Moral Dimension of Solidarity
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    4. Redistribution through Taxing and High Levels of Trust
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      1. The Constitutional Entitlement to Public Assistance and Relevant Case Law
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    2. Solidarity as Municipal Self-Determination under Governmental Control
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    3. Labour and Social Rights
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  3. Conclusion
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    1. The Long-Term Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Solidarity
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    2. The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Subsidiarity Principle
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    3. Solidarity as the Source of Different Types of Legislation
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    4. Promoting Civic Solidarity: The Legal Foundations of Voluntary Associations
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  2. Conclusions
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    1. The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Solidarity
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    2. The Constitutional and Legal Entrenchment of Solidarity
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  2. Conclusions and Outlook
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    1. Solidarity Action and Civil Society
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    2. Solidarity, Austerity and the Ambivalence of Litigation
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    3. The Limits of Solidarity in Practice
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  2. Conclusion
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    1. The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Solidarity
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    2. The Constitutional Entrenchment of Solidarity
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    3. Solidarity and the Centrality of the Person
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    4. Solidarity and Equality
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    5. Solidarity and Labour
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    6. Solidarity and Subsidiarity
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  2. Conclusions
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    1. Cultural Context: Remarks on “Solidarity” in the Polish Public Discourse
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    2. The Constitutional Entrenchment of “Solidarity”
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    3. Solidarity and the Common Good
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    4. Solidarity and Social Justice
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    5. Solidarity and Social Security
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    6. Solidarity and Sustainable Development
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    7. Solidarity in Development Cooperation
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    8. Solidarity in Social Dialogue
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    9. Solidarity and Protection of Foreigners
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  2. Conclusion
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    1. Solidarity as a Fundamental Constitutional and Federal Principle
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    2. The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Solidarity
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    3. The Constitutional Entrenchment of Solidarity within Swiss Federalism
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    4. Solidarity between Shared-Rule and Self-Rule
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    5. Solidarity and the Swiss Welfare System
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    6. Old-Age Benefit
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    7. Social Security in Case of Invalidity
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    8. Solidarity and Mutuality: Swiss Mandatory Healthcare Scheme
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    9. Social Protection in Case of Illness or Accident
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    10. Solidarity towards Families: Complementary and Survivor Rents, Maternity and Family Allowances
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    11. Social Security in Case of Unemployment
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    12. Non-Contributory Benefits
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  2. Conclusion
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    1. The Constitutional Setting
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    2. The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Solidarity
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    3. The Evolution of Solidarity in the UK
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    4. The Precariousness of ‘British’ Solidarity?
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  2. Conclusion
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    1. The Context of European Solidarity: Social, Economic and Political Challenges
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    2. Solidarity in the European Union
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      1. Horizontal Solidarity in the Treaties
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    4. Vertical Solidarity
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    5. Vertical Solidarityin the Treaties
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    6. Vertical Solidarity and the EU in the Human Rights Perspective
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    7. Solidarity via ‘Minimum Harmonisation’?
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    8. Preliminary Concluding Remarks
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      1. Disability
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    10. Equal Treatment
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    1. Unemployment
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    2. Social Protection of Workers and Inactive Citizens between National and European Solidarity
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    3. EU Strategy to Combat Unemployment
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    1. Immigration/Asylum
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    2. Article 80 TFEU: Scope and Implications
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    3. Financial, Operational and Humanitarian Solidarity
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    4. The Critical Aspects of the System of Dublin
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    5. Solidarity in Asylum Seeking
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    6. Towards a Model of “European Solidarity”? Concluding Remarks
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  1. Introduction
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      1. Background and Main Legislation
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    2. Case law: Disability Discrimination inside the Employment Area
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    3. Case Law: Disability Discrimination outside the Area of Employment
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    1. Background
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    2. Retrenchment of Welfare Benefits
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    3. Main Legislation
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    4. Case Law
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      1. Background and Main Legislation
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    6. Case Law
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  4. Conclusions
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    1. Disability
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    2. Labour Market Access for Disabled Workers
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    3. Education Access for Disabled Pupils
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    4. Disability Guidelines Laid Out in the ‘Loi Travail’
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    5. Unemployment
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    6. The Loi Travail
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    7. Migration
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    8. Conclusive Remarks
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  1. Introduction
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    1. Constitutional Basic Rights
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    2. Concretisation by Social Law
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    3. Federal Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled People, General Equal Treatment Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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    4. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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    1. The Three Pillars: German Basic Law, the Residence Act and the Asylum Act
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    2. Reception, Accommodation, Distribution and Access to the Social Welfare System
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    3. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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    1. Unemployment Benefit I
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    2. Unemployment Benefit II: Basic Security Benefits for Job-Seekers
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    3. Social Assistance
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    4. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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  5. Conclusions
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    1. The Context of the Greek Crises
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    2. Responses in the Field of Disability
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    3. Responses in the Field of Migration and Asylum
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    4. Responses in the Field of Unemployment
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  2. Conclusion
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    1. Disability
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    2. Framework Law n. 104 of 1992
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    3. The Right to Work
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    4. Public Assistance and Anti-Discrimination Measures
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    5. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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    6. Unemployment
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    7. The Jobs Act
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    8. The Regional Level
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    9. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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    10. Immigration/Asylum
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    11. Immigration
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    12. Asylum
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    13. Laws' Enforcement and the Crisis
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    14. Solidarity in Action?
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      1. Legislation Changes
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      1. Legislation Changes
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      1. Legislation Changes
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    4. Challenges for Solidarity in the Country of “Solidarity”
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    1. Swiss Solidarity in the Context of the EU Financial and Economic Crisis
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    2. Disability
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    3. Framework Law
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    4. The Right to Education
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    5. The Right to Work
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    6. Public Assistance
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    7. Revisions to the Legal Framework on Disability and the 2008 EU Economic Crisis
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    8. Unemployment
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    9. Unemployment in Figures
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    10. Limits of the Unemployment Legislation and its Implementation at Cantonal Level
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    11. Classification of the Swiss cantons within the implementation of the LACI by policy traditions
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    12. Changes to the Federal Law on Compulsory Unemployment Insurance and the Crisis
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    13. Immigration/Asylum
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    14. Switzerland within the European Law System
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    15. The Immigration Legislation for Third Countries Citizens
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    16. The Asylum Legislation
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    17. The Social Legislation on Immigration/Asylum
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    18. Law’s Enforcement and Jurisprudence
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    19. The Crisis and the Solidarity toward Migrants
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  2. Conclusions
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    1. Disability
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    2. The Work Capability Assessment
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    3. The Bedroom Tax
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    4. Unemployment
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    5. Work Experience or Workfare?
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    6. Trade Union Act 2016
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    7. Migration
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    8. ‘Benefit Tourism’
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    9. Seeking Asylum and Refuge
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  2. Conclusions
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  1. Towards a Common Notion of Solidarity?
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    1. When Solidarity Appears in the Constitutional Document
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    2. When Solidarity Does Not Appear in the Constitutional Document
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    3. What for Having Solidarity in the Constitution?
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    4. Solidarity? The Danish, French, Greek, German, Italian, Polish, Swiss and British Way to Solidarity
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    5. The Dimensions of Solidarity
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    6. Immigration and Asylum, Unemployment and Disability: Is there Room for Solidarity?
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    7. When Laws and Policies Do Not Mention Solidarity
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    8. Solidarity in Disability Legislation and Policies
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    9. Solidarity in Unemployment Laws and Policies
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    10. Solidarity in the Field of Migration Legislation and Policies
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    11. Solidarity, a Shield against the Crisis? Final Remarks
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  3. Has Solidarity Resisted the Crisis Crush Test?
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