Social construction of social rights across Europe

Deliverable 6.3 is concerned with the past and future development of social rights in Europe and the competing influences that have shaped and currently inform their development. The report incorporates participants from eight European countries: Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the UK and examines four social rights, including the right to social assistance, to housing, to healthcare and to education. The research consisted of two parts: the production of country accounts examining the history and current development of social rights in each country; and the key-informant interviews with a small selection of policy actors from each country.