Who's afraid of the welfare state now? / Anton Hemerijck and Manos Matsaganis with Francesco Corti, Andrea Parma, and Ilze Plavgo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemerijck, A. (Anton), author.

Matsaganis, Manos, author.

Corti, Francesco, author.

Parma, Andrea, author.

Plavgo, Ilze, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Europe--History--21st century.

Public welfare.

Welfare state--Europe--History--21st century.

Welfare state.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Influence.

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This text primarily explores the welfare-policy responses to the Great Recession, reform trajectories that swept across Europe over the last decade, with a final chapter that focuses on Covid-19 welfare management. It shows that the future of work and welfare can be shaped to provide inclusive social security and to fight poverty and inequality.

Contents:

1 The welfare state's resolve

2 Beyond the distributive economics and politics of the welfare state

3 Welfare performance over the long 2010s

4 Buffering the Great Recession and the eurozone crisis

5 Under the spell of austerity: Welfare reform across Europe between 2008 and 2014

6 Fostering resilience: Welfare policy change across Europe between 2015 and 2019

7 The legacy of the eurozone crisis

8 Social Europe in a bind, again?

9 Towards a social compass for inclusive and sustainable growth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 28, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-198737-9

OCLC:

1423711610