| Description |
1 online resource (54 pages) |
| Contents |
The capacity of welfare regimes to absorb macro-economic shocks; Table of contents; List of Tables and Figures; Figures; 1. Introduction; 2. Challenges for Three European Welfare States: Sweden, Austria and Spain; 2.1. Welfare State Typology; 2.2. A typology of economic crises; 2.3. Impacts of the financial crisis on national budgets (2007 -- 2010); 3. Impact of the Crisis on Unemployment, Poverty and Distribution; 3.1. Unemployment: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison; 3.2. Poverty: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison |
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3.3. Distribution: Developments in Sweden, Austria and Spain in comparison4. Summary and Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix |
| Summary |
The financial crisis, which struck the EU countries in 2008, was followed by the severest economic recession since the end of the Second World War. This book illustrates the development of unemployment, poverty and the distribution of income within the social systems of Sweden, Austria and Spain in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2008. Whether one country has been more effective in cushioning the negative impacts of the economic downturn and whether variations in the development of these socio-political indicators are attributable to the different welfare state models, are central to thi |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Financial crises -- Germany
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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Financial crises
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Germany
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783954896509 |
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3954896508 |
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