| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 14 |
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Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; 14.
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| Contents |
pt. I. European welfare states in perspective. 1. Introduction: growth, adjustments and survival of European welfare states / Stein Kuhnle and Matti Alestalo. 2. The declining resistance of welfare states to change? / Kees Van Kersbergen -- pt. II. National welfare state reforms in the 1990s: comparative and case studies. 3. Nordic welfare states in the 1990s: institutional stability, signs of divergence / Pal Eitrheim and Stein Kuhnle. 4. The Finnish welfare state in the 1990s: a long-term perspective / Matti Alestalo. 5. Welfare crisis and beyond: Danish welfare policies in the 1980s and 1990s / Jorgen Goul Andersen. 6. Exploring the sustainable limits of public expenditure in the British welfare state / Richard Parry. 7. Welfare without work? Divergent experiences of reform in Germany and the Netherlands / Anton Hemerijck, Philip Manow and Kees Van Kersbergen. 8. Implementing major welfare state reforms: a comparison of France and Switzerland -- a new-institutionalist approach / Francois-Xavier Merrien and Giuliano Bonoli. 9. The Spanish development of Southern European welfare / Luis Moreno. 10. Reconstructing the welfare state in Southern Europe / Maurizio Ferrera -- pt. III. Towards consolidated European welfare states? 11. The treaty on European Union and its revision: sea change or empty shell for European social policies? / Gerda Falkner. 12 |
| Summary |
Annotation 'Crisis'. 'Breakdown'. 'Dismantlement.' Since the 1970's, these have become the catchphrases used to describe the condition of the welfare states in Europe, in academic and media analyses alike. This book provides an alternative, more optimistic interpretation. It aims to increase both theoretical understanding and empirical knowledge of recent welfare reforms in areas including Spain, Denmark, the UK, Germany and the EU as a whole. An essential resource for students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in the welfare state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Europe.
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Welfare state.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Public welfare
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Social policy
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Welfare state
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Social policy
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kuhnle, Stein, editor.
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| LC no. |
99054191 |
| ISBN |
0203380312 |
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9780203380314 |
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9786610023844 |
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6610023840 |
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9780415212915 |
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041521291X |
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9781134614646 |
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1134614640 |
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9781134614592 |
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1134614594 |
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9781134614639 |
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1134614632 |
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