Reforming European Welfare States
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Reforming European Welfare States
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Author : Jochen Clasen
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2005-08-25
Reforming European Welfare States written by Jochen Clasen and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-25 with Political Science categories.
Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German social policy over the past 25 years. During this time four periods of conservative governments were followed by centre-left administrations in both countries. Moreover, the respective economic and social positions of the two countries have been reversed. Adverse socio-economic developments have contributed to the waning of the erstwhile appeal of Germany as a role model of welfare capitalism. By contrast, the UK is seen by some as being on its way to gaining such a position. These trends provide an analytically intriguing background for a systematic contextualized comparison of reform processes in the two welfare states. Concentrating on three core domains of social policy, the book argues that unemployment support and public pension programmes have been subjected to retrenchment, as well as to restructuring. By contrast, family policies have been extended in both countries. However, patterns of retrenchment and restructuring differ across countries and programmes. In order to explain similarities and variations, the book emphasizes the relevance of three sets of factors: shifts in party policy preferences and power relations, three institutional variables, and contingent factors impinging on policy direction and profiles. Within pension policy, the relevance of different institutional characteristics and the respective balance between private and public forms of retirement suggest that the concept of 'path dependence' is particularly instructive. By contrast, differences in programme structures and their role within national political economies prove to be most relevant for the understanding of changes in unemployment support policy. Less institutionally embedded and expanding, the trajectories of family policies have to be seen in the context of dynamic party policy preferences.
Reforming European Welfare States
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Author : Jochen Clasen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Reforming European Welfare States written by Jochen Clasen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
Ideas And Welfare State Reform In Western Europe
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Author : P. Taylor-Gooby
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-08-02
Ideas And Welfare State Reform In Western Europe written by P. Taylor-Gooby and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-02 with Political Science categories.
The new welfare settlement in Europe involves a re-direction of policy in the context of a unified market and currency system and of more stringent economic competition. Realignment of the policy assumptions and goals of the key actors is central to this process. This book reviews the main policy paradigms and analyzes the processes whereby they have changed in the most salient policy areas, and is based on recent interviews with more than two hundred and fifty senior policy actors in seven West European countries.
Welfare State And Democracy In Crisis
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Author : Theodore Pelagidis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Welfare State And Democracy In Crisis written by Theodore Pelagidis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Political Science categories.
This title was first published in 2001. Investigating the consequences of restrictive austerity policies and the downsizing of the welfare state this edited collection reflects on possible ways out by analyzing economic developments, social conflicts, legal forms and the prevailing directions of economic policy. According to official figures, around 9.5 per cent of the working population of the European Union is unemployed. Fifteen million European citizens are officially looking for work. In other countries such as the US, the increasing wage inequality has marginalized large parts of the population. The precipitous rise in unemployment (mainly in Europe) and income inequality (mainly in the USA) as well as the weakening of democratic and welfare institutions in almost every developed nation have caused huge social and political problems in recent years.
Southern European Welfare States
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Author : Martin Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04
Southern European Welfare States written by Martin Rhodes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with Political Science categories.
Southern European welfare states - in common with their northern counterparts - are under stress. They have become the object of studies exploring the southern "type" or "model" of welfare. This collection provides a series of both comparative and specific country analyses.
Citizenship And Welfare State Reform In Europe
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Author : Jet Bussemaker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-12-16
Citizenship And Welfare State Reform In Europe written by Jet Bussemaker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-16 with Political Science categories.
This volume analyses citizenship in relation to recent changes in European welfare states. It examines concrete changes in social rights and citizenship roles, and offers normative investigations of citizenship.
Reforming The Bismarckian Welfare Systems
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Author : Bruno Palier
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-02-18
Reforming The Bismarckian Welfare Systems written by Bruno Palier and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-18 with Political Science categories.
Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare statecomparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to dateinformation on European welfare state reforms in an analyticalframework which allows a new approach to social policy changes. Demonstrates that, contrary to the common view, 'Bismarckian'welfare states have changed significantly Contains long term but also very accurate data and perspectivebeginning from the 1980s and up to the most recent reforms Speaks to two literatures: the one on welfare state, socialpolicies and welfare state reforms; the other to the politicalscience literature on changes, path dependency and incrementalchanges Organises comprehensive and up to date information on Europeanwelfare state reforms in an analytical framework Includes contributions from the best specialists of the field,including members of the European academic community of socialpolicy comparativists
Changing Welfare States
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Author : Anton Hemerijck
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013
Changing Welfare States written by Anton Hemerijck and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Political Science categories.
Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform trajectories and political destinations in an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, including the critical impact of the global financial crisis on welfare state futures. The book argues that the overall scope of social reform across the member states of the European Union varies widely. In some cases welfare state change has been accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in other instances unpopular social reforms received broad consent from opposition parties, trade unions and employer organizations. The analysis reveals trajectories of welfare reform in many countries that are more proactive and reconstructive than is often argued in academic research and the media. Alongside retrenchments, there have been deliberate attempts - often given impetus by intensified European (economic) integration - to rebuild social programs and institutions and thereby accommodate welfare policy repertoires to the new economic and social realities of the 21st century. Welfare state change is work in progress, leading to patchwork mixes of old and new policies and institutions, on the lookout, perhaps, for greater coherence. Unsurprisingly, that search process remains incomplete, resulting from the institutionally bounded and contingent adaptation to the challenges of economic globalization, fiscal austerity, family and gender change, adverse demography, and changing political cleavages.
The Eu And The Domestic Politics Of Welfare State Reforms
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Author : Paolo Graziano
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-06-13
The Eu And The Domestic Politics Of Welfare State Reforms written by Paolo Graziano and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-13 with Political Science categories.
This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.
New Contractualism In European Welfare State Policies
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Author : Rune Ervik
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-09
New Contractualism In European Welfare State Policies written by Rune Ervik and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-09 with Political Science categories.
The ’Golden Age' of the welfare state in Europe was characterised by a strengthening of social rights as citizens became increasingly protected through the collective provision of income security and social services. The oil crisis, inflation and high unemployment of the 1970s largely saw the end of welfare expansion with critical voices claiming the welfare state had created an unbalanced focus on the social rights of individuals, above their responsibilities as citizens. During the 1980s many western countries developed contractual modes of thinking and regulation within welfare policy. Contractualism has proved a significant organising principle for public reforms in general, and for social policy reforms in particular as it embraces both a way of justifying certain welfare policies and of constructing specific socio-legal policy instruments. Engaging with both the critique of the welfare state and the subsequent policy responses, expert contributors in this book examine contractualism as a discourse, comprising principles and justifying ideas, and as a legal and social practice. Covering the international debate on conditionality they discuss European experiences with active social citizenship ideas and contractualism providing individual case studies and comparisons from a wide range of European countries.