Includes 20 selections, reflecting the thinking and research in welfare state studies, these readings are organized around a series of debates - on welfare regimes, globalization, Europeanization, demographic change and political challenges.
"The Political Sociology of the Welfare State offers a comparative analysis of the political attitudes, values, aspirations, and identities of citizens in advanced industrial societies. It focuses on the different ways in which social policies and national politics affect people…
This edited volume questions whether the recently promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing an…
This edited volume questions whether the recently promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing an…
Pt. 1. The degree and shape of welfare state reform -- pt. 2. Explaining welfare state reform -- pt. 3. Conclusion.
Based on insights from prospect theory, a psychological theory of choice under risk, Vis demonstrates ably that the context in which governments find themselves (losses or gains) affects their attitude towards risk and thereby the degree and type of reform they pursue.
This work compares the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programmes and labour markets in nine industrialized countries. This cross-national study sheds light on general trends in social welfare, and provides clues to what constitutes successful reform and what has …
This work compares the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programmes and labour markets in nine industrialized countries. This cross-national study sheds light on general trends in social welfare, and provides clues to what constitutes successful reform and what has …
Essay on the historical development, legal aspects, and philosophy of the welfare state, with partic. Reference to France in the 19th and 20th centuries - considers relationships between law and ethics; examines the evolution of the concept of State liability and employers liabi…
De gevolgen van de politieke veranderingen die in Nederland hebben plaatsgevonden sinds de jaren tachtig.
This book is the first to take a comprehensive view of the challenges that population ageing present in the near future taking Sweden as the case. Can the increasing number of retirees per worker be stopped by immigration or increasing fertility or will we need to increase pensi…