The happiness gap in the EU strategy: the globalization goals

Abstract

This paper will outline the EU member states characteristics in the globalization context, following a comparative analysis of the welfare state models from a social perspective. This approach was structured starting from the human resources involvement in all spheres of life, from economic to moral field, requiring an adjusted sense of global citizenship, private and public responsibility. Assuming that the social development is a key issue in the globalization process, the labour force being in the same time both the architects and the passive victims of its composition, the global extension will be considered in accordance with the economic effects of migration, the human development index trend and the demographic considerations. The present paper proposes a complex case study on the European social models in order to provide a link between the social integration and the global benefits, emphasizing in the same time the major losers of the global change. The main results of the analysis strengthen the positive impact of a well-balanced link established between CSR and the state responsibility, identifying also the deficiencies of sharing a common EU agenda that supports the financial returns without a clear focus on the component people in the welfare state dynamism.