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Trickle†Down Social Inclusion: The EU Minorities Agenda in Times of Crisis

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This article investigates the minority dimension of EU social policy and how the conceptualization of ethnic minorities' socio†economic inclusion has evolved over time. Three findings are drawn from the close analysis of overlapping EU agendas on social inclusion and minority inclusion. First, although there are no comprehensive data on European minorities' socio†economic condition, significant evidence has been collected at EU†level that minorities are consistently at a disadvantage. Second, the growing recognition that minorities suffer disproportionately from socio†economic exclusion has not been accompanied by an increasing willingness to consider structural policy approaches. Rather, a policy paradigm has emerged that prioritizes job creation, growth and employability as the one†size†fits†all solution to social exclusion. I call this the ‘trickle†down’ approach to minority social inclusion. Third, the economic crisis crystallized this mismatch between problem and EU policy approach but did not cause it.

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  • Licia Cianetti, 2018. "Trickle†Down Social Inclusion: The EU Minorities Agenda in Times of Crisis," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 56(4), pages 785-801, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:56:y:2018:i:4:p:785-801
    DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12618
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    1. Licia Cianetti, 2020. "Governing the multicultural city: Europe’s ‘great urban expectations’ facing austerity and resurgent nativism," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 57(13), pages 2697-2714, October.
    2. Heather MacRae & Roberta Guerrina & Annick Masselot, 2021. "A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Feminist Reflections on the EU’s Crisis Responses," International Studies, , vol. 58(2), pages 184-200, April.
    3. Toni Haastrup & Heather Macrae & Annick Masselot & Alasdair Young & Milford Soko & Richard G. Whitman, 2022. "Editing ‘Europe’: Reflections from Inside, Outside and Beyond," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(4), pages 853-866, July.

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