New risks, new welfare : the transformation of the European welfare state / edited by Peter Taylor-Gooby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor-Gooby, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Europe.

Welfare state--Europe--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The book includes detailed and up-to-date case studies of policy development across these areas in the major European countries. These studies, written by leading experts, are organized in a comparative framework which is followed throughout the book. They highlight the way in which national welfare state regimes and institutional arrangements shape policy-making to meet new social risks.

A major feature of this volume is the analysis of developments at the EU level and their interaction with national policies. The EU has been largely unsuccessful in its interventions in old social risk policy, but appears to have had more success in its attempts to coordinate policy for new social risks. Experience here may provide lessons for future developments in EU policy-making.

The comparative framework of the book seeks to inform understanding of the development of new social risks in Europe and of the particular political opportunities and challenges that result. It provides an original analysis of pressing issues at the forefront of European welfare policy-making and locates it at the heart of current theoretical debates.

Contents:

1 New Risks and Social Change / Peter Taylor-Gooby 1

2 New Social Risks in a Conservative Welfare State: The Case of Germany / Andreas Aust, Frank Bonker 29

3 The UK-A Test Case for the Liberal Welfare State? / Peter Taylor-Gooby, Trine P. Larsen 55

4 New Risks-Are They Still New for the Nordic Welfare States? / Virpi Timonen 83

5 France: A New World of Welfare for New Social Risks? / Bruno Palier, Christelle Mandin 111

6 Spain's Transition to New Risks: A Farewell to 'Superwomen' / Luis Moreno 133

7 Switzerland: Negotiating a New Welfare State in a Fragmented Political System / Giuliano Bonoli 157

8 New Risks at the EU Level; A Spillover from Open Market Policies? / Trine P. Larsen, Peter Taylor-Gooby 181

9 New Social Risks and Welfare States: New Paradigm and New Politics? / Peter Taylor-Gooby 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019926726X

0199267278

OCLC:

56655549