Changing welfare states / Anton Hemerijck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemerijck, A. (Anton), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (508 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform trajectories and political destinations in an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, including the critical impact of the global financial crisis on welfare state futures. The book argues that the overall scope of social reform across the member states of the European Union varies widely.In some cases welfare state change has been accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in other instances unpopular social

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. The Adaptive Capacities of Welfare States; 2. The 'New Politics' of the Welfare State Revisited; 3. Challenges to Twenty-First Century Social Policy Provision; 4. Welfare Recalibration as Social Learning; 5. Three Waves of Transformative Welfare State Change; 6. Welfare Recalibration in Motion; 7. Welfare Performance at a Glance; 8. Escaping the Double Bind of Social Europe; 9. Stress-Testing Welfare Regimes, Once Again; 10. In Defence of Affordable Social Investment; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85620-4

0-19-161201-4