What can American policymakers learn from the experiences of European democracies in confronting our common policy challenges? We can look to our own history and to the ideas emanating from our own public sphere, but by looking abroad, we can learn how our European allies have dealt with such issues as rising healthcare and pension costs, large-scale immigration, childcare and work-life balance, and climate change. Simply put, we can learn lessons from European policies that have proven both successful and from approaches that have failed. The contributors in this volume ask whether such policies might prove effective in the U.S. context, as well as what pitfalls we might avoid. Chapters have been written by policy area experts and are geared for an upper-level undergraduate audience ...
In this paper, we explore the relationship between different ways of getting engaged with cultural heritage and life satisfaction. Using data from a representative sample of the population of the 28 members of the European Union in 2017 collected in the Eurobarometer 88.1 (2017), we explore the relationship between use and non-use values and individual subjective well-being measured as life satisfaction. We present the results derived from the estimation of an ordered probit model where life satisfaction is a function of living near to heritage resources to represent non-use values, different ways of heritage participation (tangible, intangible, digital, and volunteering), and the usual explanatory variables that have been found to be predictors of life satisfaction. Our results indicate that the chances of being more satisfied with ones' life increase with volunteering activities, with visits to heritage institutions, and with digital engagement. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the multifaceted values of heritage.
Legislative powers and normative instruments -- Implications of a binding European Charter of Fundamental Rights for the individual decisions made by the European public administration -- The impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights on decisions adopted by member states -- Toward a law on administrative procedure -- Judicial protection.
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Excessive accumulation and raising income inequality reflected on the high rates of poverty in the European Union countries. Economic literature has wide research on the link between income inequality and economic growth. However, knowledge about correlation between income inequality and poverty is scare. In this paper, we have proved that poverty is not synonymous for income inequality, but that is a product of income inequality. Income inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient, reflected the movement of the percentage of the population who are at risk of poverty. The coefficient of simple on correlation showed that income inequality affects the growth risk of poverty in the countries of the European Union. Besides poverty, as a consequence of income inequality, other socio-economic problems also appeared: the suppression of economic growth, the rise in crime rate, the decline in the quality of education and health, the political inequality growth. All these problems should warn governments to take economic policy for reducing economic inequality. The European Union, as an area of 28 member states, needs to carefully select economic policy instruments to reduce income inequality and ensure stable ground for economic growth. The differences between the level of development, the index of democracy, income and living standards in observed countries have influenced the difficulty in observing the problem and computing mathematical and statistical connection. Through equalization of incomes, the European Union could solve problems of poverty, social exclusion and democracy (measured by index of democracy). ; ??????????? ??????????? ? ??????? ??????????? ? ?????????? ??????? ???????? ?? ?? ?? ?????? ????? ?????????? ? ??????? ???????? ?????. ? ?????????? ?????????? ??????? ?????? ??????????? ?? ???? ??????? ????????? ???????????? ?? ????????? ????. ???????, ????? ? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ?????????? ? ????????? ???????????? ?? ???????. ? ???? ??? ???????? ?? ?????????? ???? ??????? ?? ????????? ??????????? ???? ?? ???????? ????. ??????????? ? ?????????? ??????? ??????? Gini ????????????? ???????? ?? ?? ??????? ???????? ?????????? ???????? ?????? ?? ??????????. ??????????? ?????? ?????????? ??????? ?? ?? ?? ??????????? ? ?????????? ??????? ??????? ?? ???? ?????? ?? ?????????? ? ??????? ???????? ?????. ????? ??????????, ??? ????????? ???????????? ? ?????????? ???????, ?????? ? ?? ?????? ?????-?????????? ????????: ?????? ?????????? ?????, ????? ????? ?????????????, ??????? ????????? ?????????? ? ???????, ????? ????????? ????????????. ????????? ???????? ?? ??????? ?? ???? ????????????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ???????? ????? ????????? ???????? ?? ??????? ????????? ????????????. E??????? ?????, ??? ????????? ?? 28 ?????? ???????, ????? ??????? ?? ???? ??????????? ????????? ???????? ???? ?? ??????? ??????????? ? ?????????? ??????? ? ????????? ???????? ??? ?? ????????? ????. ??????? ?????? ????? ???????, ??????? ???????????????, ??????? ? ???????? ??????????? ? ??????????? ??????? ?? ??????? ?? ????????? ? ?????????? ???????? ? ???????? ??????????? ? ??????????? ????. ???? ???????????? ?????????? ???????, ???????? ????? ?? ????? ???????? ???????? ??????????, ????????? ???????????? ? ??????????? (??????? ???????? ???????????????).
