The Handbook of European Welfare Systems

Herausgeber: Schubert, Klaus; Bazant, Ursula; Hegelich, Simon

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data about the welfare systems of all 27 EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative analysis. It closes with a theoretical reflection by venturing the idea of politically limited pluralism in European welfare politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 989g
• ISBN-13: 9780415860758
• ISBN-10: 041586075X
• Artikelnr.: 37318056

Autorenporträt

Dr. Klaus Schubert is Professor of German Politics and Policy Field Analysis at the Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Germany Dr. Simon Hegelich, is currently Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Graduate School of Politics at the Institute of Political Science, University of Münster, Germany Dr. Ursula Bazant, is Counsellor at the Federal Chancellery of Austria, Department for Economic and OECD Affairs, Labour Market and Social Policy, Vienna, Austria

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. European Welfare Systems: Current State of Research
and Some Theoretical Considerations Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula
Bazant Part 2: Country Studies 2. Welfare State Development in Austria:
Strong Traditions Meet New Challenges Karin Heitzmann, August Österle 3.
Belgium: The Quest for Sustainability, Legitimacy and a Way out of "Welfare
without Work" Ive Marx 4. Impact of the Reforms of the Welfare State in
Bulgaria after 1989 on Stratification, Solidarity and Integration of Groups
at Risk, Rumiana Stoilova 5. Welfare Adaptation in a Divided State: The
Cypriot Welfare System Anthos I. Shekeris, Christina Ioannou, Christos
Panayiotopoulos 6. The Czech Welfare System Voitech Ripka, Miroslav Mare
7. Conflict, Negotiation, Social Peace: The German Welfare System Simon
Hegelich, Hendrik Meyer 8. Between Economic Constraints and Popular
Entrenchment - The Development of the Danish Welfare 1982 to 2005
Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Michael Baggesen Klitgaard 9. The Welfare
System of Estonia: Past, Present and Future Avo Trumm, Mare Ainsaar 10. The
Welfare State in Spain: Unfinished Business, Paloma de Villota, Susana
Vázquez 11. The Welfare System of Finland Olli Kangas, Juho Saari 12. The
French Social Protection System: Current state and future Prospects Camal
Gallouj, Karim Gallouj 13. Inequalities and Deficiencies in Social
Protection: The Welfare System of Greece Christos Papatheodorou 14. From
State Socialism to a Hybrid Welfare State: Hungary Katalin Tausz 15. The
Irish Welfare System Anthony McCashin and Judy O'Shea 16. The Italian
Welfare State (Still) in Transition: The Progressive Recalibration of
Social Programmes and Greater Flexibility of Labour Market Policies David
Natali 17. The Welfare System of Lithuania Jolanta Aidukaite 18. The
Welfare System of Luxembourg. From Past Dependency to European Approach
Nicole Kerschen 19. The Welfare System in Latvia after Renewing
Independence, Feliciana Rajevska 20. The Maltese Welfare State: Hybrid Wine
in Rightist Bottles (with Leftist Labels)? Charles Pace 21. The Dutch
Welfare System - From Collective Solidarity Towards Individual
Responsibility, Wim van Oorschot 22. The Welfare State in Poland:
Transformation with Difficulties Renata Siemienska, Anna Domaradzka 23. The
Portuguese Welfare System: From a Corporative Regime to a European Welfare
State, José António Pereirinha, Manuela Arcanjo, Francisco Nunes 24. The
Romanian Welfare State - Changing and Developing Suzana Dobre 25. The
Swedish Welfare State - A Model in Constant Flux? Sven E. O. Hort 26. The
Slovene Welfare System: Gradual Reform instead of Shock Treatment Zinka
Kolaric, Anja Kopac, Tatjana Rakar 27. The Slovak Welfare System:
Neo-liberal Nightmare or Welfare Pioneer of Middle-Eastern Europe? Olaf
Wientzek, Hendrik Meyer 28. The British Welfare System: Marketisation from
Thatcher to New Labour Lavinia Mitton 29. European Union Social Policy:
Towards a Post-National Welfare State? Wolfram Lamping Part 3: Comparative
Analysis 30. European Welfare Systems: Diversity Beyond Existing Categories
Ursula Bazant, Klaus Schubert 31. Politically Limited Pluralism as European
Identity: European Welfare Systems Simon Hegelich, Klaus Schubert