Rebecca A van Voorhis

Changing Patterns of Social Protection

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last two decades, aging populations, changing family structures, market forces of globalization, strains of immigration, and political and ideological realignments have joined to create powerful pressures that are reshaping the design and philosophy of social welfare policies. Changing Patterns of Social Protection analyzes emerging patterns of social welfare and the implications of these trends for the future of social protection to vulnerable groups in France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States. Examining central policy trends in these countries, contributors explore current reforms of mainline programs: old age pensions, disability and unemployment insurance, family assistance, health care, and social services. The findings highlight how modern dynamics of social protection are manifest through reforms that include diverse social and economic incentives, changing benefit structures, a wide range of work-oriented measures, the resurgence of private activity, and current approaches to targeting benefits. Assessments of the socioeconomic influences that have precipitated these reforms reveal a broad range of common factors as well as country-specific influences such as the clientelistic approach to welfare in Italy, the complexities of reunification in Germany, and the "Dutch disease" of explosive claims for disability benefits. Changing Patterns of Social Protection offers insights into the issues raised by these policy reforms and their possible effects. By clarifying alternative policy designs this work affords a fresh perspective on how to think about the changing structure and function of social welfarearrangements in modern society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 362
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780765809896
• ISBN-10: 0765809893
• Artikelnr.: 22132879

Autorenporträt

Rebecca A. Van Voorhis

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: New Configurations 1. Recent Developments in the German
Welfare State: Basic Continuity or a Paradigm Shift? 2. Remaking the
Welfare State in New Zealand 3. The French System of Social Protection:
Path Dependencies and Societal Coherence 4. New Directions for the British
Welfare State 5. Social Welfare under Advanced Capitalism: The U.S.
Response 6. Back on Track-To the Future? The Making and Remaking of the
Swedish Welfare State in the 1990s 7. Social Security and Welfare in the
Netherlands Before and After the Year 2000 8. Half Way Through the Ford:
The Italian Welfare State at the Start of the New Century