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The handbook of European welfare systems / edited by Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich and Ursula Bazant.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--European Union countries.
- Public welfare.
- European Union countries.
- European Union countries--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 547 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- European welfare systems : current state of research and some theoretical considerations
- Welfare state development in Austria : strong traditions meet new challenges
- Belgium : the quest for sustainability, legitimacy, and a way out of "welfare without work"
- Impact of the reforms of the welfare state in Bulgaria after 1989 on stratification, solidarity, and integration of groups at risk
- Between economic constraints and popular entrenchment : the development of the Danish welfare 1982 to 2005
- Inequalities and deficiencies in social protection : the welfare system of Greece
- The Italian welfare state (still) in transition : the progressive recalibration of social programmes and greater flexibility of labour market policies
- The Maltese welfare state : hybrid wine in rightist bottles (with leftist labels)
- The Portuguese welfare system : from a corporative regime to a European welfare state
- The Slovak welfare system : neo-liberal nightmare or welfare pioneer of Middle-Eastern Europe?
- European welfare systems : diversity beyond existing categories
- Politically limited pluralism as European identity : European welfare systems.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415482752
- 0415482755
- 9780203878590
- 0203878590
- OCLC:
- 283802562
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