Book Review: Law and Social Policy in the Global South by Ulrike Davy and Albert H.Y. Chen (eds.)
| Published date | 01 March 2024 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/13882627231217426 |
| Author | Marie Le Bail |
| Date | 01 March 2024 |
She sees the potential for recognition of EUcitizenship to protect fundamental rights and to relieve
pressure on EU citizens exercising their freedom of movement rights, who are predominantly
rewarded for their economic activity, as per Directive 2004/38/EC. Young discusses case law con-
cerning third-country nationals, in which the Court chose a free movement approach rather than
focusing on fundamental rights. The author recognises this approach as potentially having a dispro-
portionate impacton EU citizens, especially thosein disadvantageous circumstances. Future research
could investigate the fundamental rights of each group of persons listed in this contribution.
Among all the well-presented and well-structured chapters in Part III, the chapter by Paju is
worth noting, in which he illustrates the relationship between social assistance and social security
in the light of Directive 2004/38/EC and Regulation (EC) 883/2004. These legal instruments and
the interactions between them have been widely discussed in academia. However, the author’s
questions about transnational solidarity and the political will to extend this solidarity are even
more relevant now, in a cost-of-living crisis, and should be discussed in future research.
The chapters in Part IV are mostly organised around Brexit and differentiated forms of citizen-
ship and free movement under association agreements. In particular, interesting debate is offered in
the chapter by Rieder, on the principle of ‘sincere cooperation’in the context of Irish citizenship
law after Brexit and its implications for Northern Ireland. It presents a distinction between Irish citi-
zenship based on jus sanguinis and on jus soli and explains the implications for EU citizenship.
Readers can learn about the potential violation of the principle of sincere cooperation and the pro-
posed institutional reforms. This part of the book ends with concluding comments by the editor
Dora Kostakopoulou, who, in her epilogue, reflects on EU citizenship as ‘a simple institutional
structure validating that non-discrimination on the ground of nationality creates associates,
unites and enriches human lives’.
Overall, the volumeprovides an excellent summaryof features, dimensions, stages and challenges
of EU citizenship today and seeks to show the dilemmas and colouration of rights of EU citizens,
individual MemberStates and the EU as a whole in changing and often challenging circumstances.
I recommend the volume to both scholars of European law as well as practitioners and policy-
makers who wish to engage in the ongoing debate in the field. It may be more difficult to follow for
lay readers, due to the use of specific legal terms and the complexity of this area of law. Although
the studies are of a high quality, in many cases the findings are not novel, but provoke further inves-
tigations and more in-depth research.
ORCID iD
Kamila Feddekhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5777-6040
Ulrike Davy and Albert H.Y. Chen (eds.), Law and Social Policy in the Global South, Routledge, 2023, 281 pp.,
ISBN: 978-1032-15167-0.
Reviewed by: Marie Le Bail, SAS MELBC, Paris, France
DOI: 10.1177/13882627231217426
This edited volume is an ambitious and enlightening exploration of the intricate relationship
between legal frameworks and social policies in four prominent countries of the Global South.
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