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The changing welfare state in Europe : the implications for democracy / edited by David G. Mayes, Anna Michalski.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state--Europe.
- Welfare state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The welfare state in Europe has been reformed gradually over the past two decades, with the intensification of the economic and monetary union and the addition of fifteen new members to the EU. This book explores the pressures that have been placed on the welfare state through a variety of insightful and thought-provoking contributions.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: the changing welfare state; 2. Social models in the enlarged European Union; 3. The economic crisis and prospects for European social insurance and democratic governance; 4. Active social policies, inclusion and democracy in the European Union; 5. Democratic boundaries in the US and Europe: inequality, localization and voluntarism in social welfare; 6. Privatizing welfare. Changing the face of social protection and democracy in Europe
- 7. The rise of the unelected. The UK health system and the rise and fall of arm's length bodies8. Democratic governance and policy coordination in the EU; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78254-657-X
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