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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784828803321

Titolo

The Europeanisation of social protection / / edited by Jon Kvist and Juho Saari [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, 2007

ISBN

1-4473-0379-2

1-281-74152-3

9786611741525

1-84742-252-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

71.80

Disciplina

3616094

Soggetti

Social planning - European Union countries

Social security - European Union countries

Welfare state - European Union countries

Public welfare - European Union countries

Social change - European Union countries

European Union countries Social policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-297) .and index.

Nota di contenuto

European Union developments and national social protection / Juho Saari and Jon Kvist -- Germany: moving towards Europe but putting national autonomy first / Milena Büchs and Karl Hinrichs -- The United Kingdom: more an economic than a social European / Julian Le Grand, Elias Mossialos, and Morgan Long -- France: defending our model / Bruno Palier and Luana Petrescu -- Italy: between indifference, exploitation and the construction of a national interest / Stefano Sacchi -- Poland: redefining social policies / Irena Wóycicka and Maciej Grabowski -- Spain: starting from periphery, becoming centre / Ana Guillén -- The Czech Republic: tradition compatible with modernisation? / Martin Potůček -- Finland: towards more proactive policies / Juho Saari and Olli Kangas -- The Netherlands: social and economic normalisation in an era of European Union controversy / Anton Hemerijck and Peter Sleegers -- Denmark: from foot dragging to pace setting in European Union social policy / Jon Kvist -- Greece: the



quest for national welfare expansion through more social Europe / Theodoros Sakellaropoulos / The Europeanisation of social protection: domestic impacts and national responses / Jon Kvist and Juho Saari -- Seeking a new balance / Juho Saari and Kari Välimäki.

Sommario/riassunto

Through eleven country studies, this book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic.