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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172230003321

Titolo

Survival of the European welfare state / / edited by Stein Kuhnle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-61463-2

1-134-61464-0

1-280-02384-8

0-203-38031-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 14

Altri autori (Persone)

KuhnleStein

Disciplina

361.6/1/094

Soggetti

Public welfare - Europe

Welfare state

Europe Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Introduction growth adjustments and survival of European welfare states; 2 The declining resistance of welfare states to change; 3 Nordic welfare states in the 1990s; 4 The Finnish welfare state in the 1990s a long term perspective; 5 Welfare crisis and beyond; 6 Exploring the sustainable limits of public expenditure in the British welfare state; 7 Welfare without work Divergent experiences of reform in Germany and the Netherlands

8 Implementing major welfare state reforms a comparison of France and Switzerland a new institutionalist approach9 The Spanish development of Southern European welfare; 10 Reconstructing the welfare state in Southern Europe; 11 The treaty on European Union and its revision sea change or empty shell for European social policies; 12 Models for Europe The lessons of other institutional designs; 13 The future of the universal welfare state; 14 European welfare lessons of the 1990s; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'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.