Reforming European Welfare States: Germany and the United Kingdom Compared

ISBN-13: 9780199270712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 272 str.

Jochen Clasen

Opis

Written by a prominent contributor to recent debates on the welfare state, this is the first in-depth comparison of the UK and Germany as two large, but highly distinct, European welfare states. Spanning a 25-year period, this innovative analysis provides a systematic comparison of policy change across each country in three core areas: unemployment support, pensions, and family policy.

Recenzje

Clasen's book represents an outstanding contribution to the welfare state retrenchment and restructuring literature. It is especially valuable because it questions and qualifies received wisdoms in the debate, such as the stereotyping of the German and British welfare states or the dimensionality of the concept of change...a very readble piece deserving of a broad audience well beyond scholars of the German and British welfare states.