Welfare states under pressure / / edited by Peter Taylor-Gooby

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2001; London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 208 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6/094
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - Europe; Welfare state
• Soggetto geografico: Europe Social policy
• Altri autori: Taylor-GoobyPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-203) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: List of Figures and Tables vi -- Notes on the Contributors vii -- Preface ix -- 1 The Politics of Welfare in Europe -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 1 -- 2 Earning Welfare Citizenship: Welfare State Reform -- in Finland and Sweden -- Virpi Timonen 29 -- 3 Reshaping the Social Policy-Making Framework in France -- Bruno Palier 52 -- 4 Stumbling towards Reform: The German Welfare State -- in the 1990s -- Frank Blnker and Hellmut Wollmann 75 -- 5 Spain, a Via Media of Welfare Development -- Luis Moreno 100 -- 6 Switzerland: Stubborn Institutions in a Changing Society -- Giuliano Bonoli 123 -- 7 Welfare Reform in the UK: the Construction of a Liberal -- Consensus -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 147 -- 8 Polity, Policy-Making and Welfare Futures -- Peter Taylor-Gooby 171 -- Bibliography 189 -- Index 204.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a timely and comprehensive review of welfare policy making in Europe. The text compares the different ways in which welfare states have responded to similar pressures over recent years and considers possible future developments.
• Titolo autorizzato: Welfare states under pressure
• ISBN: 0-7619-7199-8; 1-280-37067-X; 9786610370672; 1-4129-3360-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813912903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II