The territorial politics of welfare [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Nicola McEwen and Luis Moreno

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.94
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - Political aspects - European Union countries; Welfare state - European Union countries; Decentralization in government - European Union countries; Regionalism - European Union countries
• Soggetto geografico: European Union countries Social policy; European Union countries Politics and government
• Classificazione: 71.80
• Altri autori: McEwenNicola <1970-> MorenoLuis (Moreno Fernández)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Exploring the territorial politics of welfare; 2 Devolution and the preservation of the United Kingdom welfare state; 3 Welfare management in the German federal system: The emergence of welfare regions?; 4 Territorial politics and welfare development in France; 5 Spain: From state welfare to regional welfare?; 6 From the southern to the northern question: Territorial and social politics in Italy; 7 The preservation of social security as a national function in the Belgian federal state ; 8 Changing political contexts in the Nordic welfare states: The central-local relationship in the 1990s and beyond9 Nationalism and social policy in Canada and Québec; 10 European social policies and national welfare constituencies: Issues of legitimacy and public support; 11 Beyond national social rights?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a major contribution to our understanding of European integration.It analyzes for the first time, in a highly systematic fashion, European integration as transnational political society formation in a common political space. Four conceptual chapters discuss different approaches to studying European 'transnationalization' including networks and socialization. Six empirical chapters provide in-depth studies of different aspects of this process and policy fields ranging from European party networks and university collaboration to informal economic governance in the Eurozo
• Titolo autorizzato: The territorial politics of welfare
• ISBN: 1-134-27507-2; 1-281-78647-0; 9786611786472; 0-203-64081-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782110903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ; ; 39.