1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781469003321

Titolo

Changing social equality : the Nordic welfare model in the 21st century / / edited by Jon Kvist [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy, , 2012

ISBN

1-4473-0558-2

1-283-35064-5

9786613350640

1-84742-661-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

361.650948

Soggetti

Welfare state - Scandinavia

Equality - Scandinavia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHANGING SOCIAL EQUALITY; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Changing social inequality and the Nordic welfare model; Introduction: inequality on the rise?; More than money: the Nordic welfare strand of welfare research; Aim of the book; Studying changes in social inequality; The Nordic welfare model and inequality; Welfare regimes and inequality; Pressures on the Nordic welfare model and inequality; Structure of the book; 2. Anti-immigration attitudes, support for redistribution and party choice in Europe; Introduction

Xenophobia and redistributionAnti-solidarity hypothesis; Distraction hypothesis; Conclusion; Appendix: Parties included in European Social Survey coded as Left by country; 3. Do we all (dis)like the same welfare state? Configurations of public support for the welfare state in comparative perspective; Introduction; Theoretical background; Data, variables and methods; Results; Conclusion; Appendix; 4. Eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries? Reassessing the Nordic model of social assistance; Nordic social assistance; Data

The generosity of social assistance and minimum income benefitsThe extent of social assistance and means-tested benefits; Poverty and



redistribution; Conclusion; 5. Equality in the social service state: Nordic childcare models in comparative perspective; Introduction; Childcare and equality: making the links; Care for children in Nordic countries; Nordic childcare in comparative perspective; Meeting family care needs: are all measures equal?; Conclusion

6. Welfare state institutions, unemployment and poverty: comparative analysis of unemployment benefits and labour market participation in 15 European Union countriesIntroduction; Labour market and income: our research questions; Data and methods; Characteristics of the labour market: Nordic employment regime; Generosity of unemployment insurance: Nordic generosity for the low-income earners; Consequences of changes in labour market positions: visible regime patterns; Two-step approach: controlling for confounding variables blurs the regime boundaries

Discussion: diminishing differences but still a model of its own7. Social inequalities in health: the Nordic welfare state in a comparative context; Introduction; Defining, measuring and explaining health inequalities1; Social determinants, welfare states and population health2; Nordic health inequalities in a European context; Welfare state change and health inequalities; Explaining Nordic health inequalities3; Conclusion; 8. Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own?; Introduction; Welfare regimes and poverty and inequality

Poverty, income and income inequality: definitions and measurements

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a comparative perspective, this book casts new light on the changing inequalities in Europe.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163376103321

Autore

Teufel Erwin

Titolo

Gewissen für das Ganze [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Herder Verlag, 2015

ISBN

3-451-33364-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Disciplina

943.087

943.0879092

Soggetti

Baden-Württemberg (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Politicians -- Germany -- Biography

Prime ministers -- Germany -- Baden- Württemberg -- Biography

Teufel, Erwin

Prime ministers - Baden-Wèurttemberg - Germany

Politicians - Germany

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Germany

Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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