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Capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks : national differences in the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008 / Verena Maria Mai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mai, Verena Maria, author.
- Series:
- Compact.
- Compact
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Financial crises--Germany.
- Financial crises.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The financial crisis, which struck the EU countries in 2008, was followed by the severest economic recession since the end of the Second World War. This book illustrates the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income within the social systems of Sweden, Austria and Spain in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008. Whether one country has been more effective in cushioning the negative impacts of the economic downturn and whether variations in the development of these socio-political indicators are attributable to the different welfare state models, are central to thi
- Contents:
- The capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks; Table of contents; List of Tables and Figures; Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Challenges for Three European Welfare States: Sweden, Austria and Spain; 2.1. Welfare State Typology; 2.2. A typology of economic crises; 2.3. Impacts of the financial crisis on national budgets (2007 - 2010); 3. Impact of the Crisis on Unemployment, Poverty and Distribution; 3.1. Unemployment: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison; 3.2. Poverty: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison
- 3.3. Distribution: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison4. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 14, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 3-95489-650-8
- OCLC:
- 871779877
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