European capitalist welfare societies : the challenge of sustainability / Patricia Frericks and Robert Maier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frericks, Patricia, 1975-

Contributor:

Maier, Robert, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Europe.

Public welfare.

Capitalism.

Europe.

Welfare state--Europe.

Welfare state.

Capitalism--Europe.

Physical Description:

x, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

This book offers an analysis of European capitalist welfare societies, centering on the questions of sustainability and the financing of social rights. Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution and exchange), a state welfare economy (based on compulsory transfers, such as taxes and social contributions), a household economy and a voluntary economy. The resources for the welfare economy are produced by some activities of the life course, and used by other activities; once rights over these resources are acquired. Setting out a new conceptual framework that integrates an adapted version of the theory of instituted economic processes with the changing structuration of the life course in European countries, the book argues that European capitalist welfare societies are not sustainable in their present form and that the future financing of social rights is conditional on substantial transformations. The book also analyses relevant data on the socio-economic positioning of women and migrants. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction and overview: Capitalist welfare societies 1

2 Social entitlements and the institutionalisation of welfare arrangements 28

3 Linking the concept of life course to the concept of capitalist welfare societies 50

4 The concept of ecology of life course in a society 70

5 Positioning of women within capitalist welfare societies 91

6 Positioning of migrants within capitalist welfare societies 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230296909

0230296904

OCLC:

764357618

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