Austerity, retrenchment and the welfare state: truth or fiction?

by Greve, Bent

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Title Statements

Full title :Austerity, retrenchment and the welfare state : truth or fiction?

Summary

Are we living in an age of permanent austerity? In this insightful book, Bent Greve provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of welfare states since 2000, exploring the ways in which austerity can be measured and quantified and how far retrenchment has impinged on European welfare states. Featuring clear and succinct discussions defining austerity and retrenchment, Greve offers strong methodological approaches to the measurement of austerity. This timely book provides detailed comparative European analysis, unpacking changes in healthcare, pension systems and employment policies to better understand the nature, impact and extent of austerity in welfare services. Detailed and nuanced, this book is critical for students of social policy, sociology and political science exploring contemporary European austerity programs. Researchers will also benefit, as the author casts new light on the development and trajectories of the modern welfare state.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edward Elgar Publishing
Place of Publication:Northampton
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

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Includes index

Restricted admission to print

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (176 s.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781789903713, 1789903718
oclc:on1142180661

Foreword -- 1. Austerity and the welfare state: an Introduction -- 2. Key concepts -- 3. Can we measure change? -- 4. Tax or welfare? -- 5. Key developments in welfare state spending -- 6. Has there been austerity within the pension system? -- 7. Employment policy -- 8. Health care -- 9. Long-term care -- 10. Poverty and inequality -- 11. How far have welfare states changed? -- 12. Austerity in welfare states or not? -- Index