Reforming European welfare states : Germany and the United Kingdom compared / Jochen Clasen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clasen, Jochen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Germany.

Welfare state.

Welfare state--Great Britain.

Germany--Social policy.

Germany.

Great Britain--Social policy--1979-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German social policy over the past 25 years. During this time four periods of conservative governments were followed by centre-left administrations in both countries. Moreover, the respective economic and social positions of thetwo countries have been reversed. Adverse socio-economic developments have contributed to the waning of the erstwh

Contents:

Welfare state reform and restructuring

Motives, means, and opportunities: analytical perspectives

Supporting unemployed people: income protection and activation

Retirement pensions

Family policy: charting new waters

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-241) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-923201-6

1-282-18597-7

9786612185977

0-19-153373-4

1-4237-5325-9

OCLC:

712015936