philosophical roots of social solidarity and the importance of the state as the custodian of the social contract between generations … security systems based on social solidarity. Rather, my point is entirely argumentative: solemn incantations that defend the …

The global financial and economic crisis has affected the trade-off between solidarity and competition in the European … banks (and non-bank companies). This form of solidarity within member states is, however, subject to European state aid …: Should one trust in solidarity among member states to prevent the looming insolvency of some of them or should competition …

This cumulative dissertation investigates transnational solidarity in times of crises in the context of the European … Union (EU). In order to realize solidarity policies that are democratically legitimate, the EU requires the support of its … analyze transnational solidarity based on survey data and shed light on varying conceptual, state and stakeholder perspectives …