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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806848303321

Autore

Hemerijck A (Anton)

Titolo

Changing welfare states [[electronic resource] /] / Anton Hemerijck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-283-85620-4

0-19-161201-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 pages)

Soggetti

Welfare state

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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. The Adaptive Capacities of Welfare States; 2. The 'New Politics' of the Welfare State Revisited; 3. Challenges to Twenty-First Century Social Policy Provision; 4. Welfare Recalibration as Social Learning; 5. Three Waves of Transformative Welfare State Change; 6. Welfare Recalibration in Motion; 7. Welfare Performance at a Glance; 8. Escaping the Double Bind of Social Europe; 9. Stress-Testing Welfare Regimes, Once Again; 10. In Defence of Affordable Social Investment; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform trajectories and political destinations in an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, including the critical impact of the global financial crisis on welfare state futures. The book argues that the overall scope of social reform across the member states of the European Union varies widely.In some cases welfare state change has been accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in other instances unpopular social