The Spanish Welfare State in European Context

ISBN-13: 9781138268159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 338 str.

Ana Marta Guillen; Margarita Leon

Opis

Following the death of Franco, Spain underwent a transition to democracy in the mid-1970s. Although a rapid process of modernization occurred, the Spanish welfare state was seen, until fairly recently, as relatively underdeveloped. Split into three sections, this book addresses the consolidation path of social protection policies, governance issues and the key challenges facing the Spanish welfare state in the 21st century. Together these sections question whether the Spanish welfare system should still be considered as peripheral to West European welfare states.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction, Ana M. Guillén and Margarita León; Part I Evolution/Tendencies: The consolidation of the Spanish welfare state (1975-2010), Gregorio Rodríguez Cabrero; Europeanization and Spanish welfare: the case of employment policy, Luis Moreno and Amparo Serrano; The quest for gender equality, Margarita León. Part II Levels of Governance, Social Dialogue, Welfare Mix and Public Debates: Policy concertation, trade unions and the transformation of the Spanish welfare state, Oscar Molina; Regional welfare systems and multi-level governance, Raquel Gallego and Joan Subirats; Assessing the welfare mix: public and private in the realm of social welfare, Teresa Montagut; Are Spaniards different? European convergence and regional divergence in the evaluation of the welfare state, Inés Calzada and Eloísa del Pino. Part III Key Challenges to the Spanish Welfare State: Part-time employment in Spain: a victim of the 'temporality culture' and a lagging implementation, Zyab Ibáñez; Female employment and policies for balancing work and family life in Spain, Olga Salido; Immigration and social policy in Spain: a new model of migration in Europe, Miguel Laparra; Long-term care: the persistence of familialism, Sebastián Sarasa; Tackling poverty, Luis Ayala; Consolidation and reluctant reform of the pension system, Elisa Chuliá; Conclusions, Margarita León and Ana M. Guillén; Index.

O autorze

Ana Marta Guillén is Professor of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain. Margarita León is Lecturer, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain