How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book, leading experts on France chart the dramatic changes that have taken place in its polity, economy and society since the 1980s and develop an analysis of social change relevant to all democracies.
How do European states adjust to international markets? Why do French governments of both left and right face a public confidence crisis? In this book...
Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European welfare state reforms in an analytical framework which allows a new approach to social policy changes.
Demonstrates that, contrary to the common view, 'Bismarckian' welfare states have changed significantly
Contains long term but also very accurate data and perspective beginning from the 1980s and up to the most recent reforms
Speaks to two literatures: the one on welfare state, social policies and welfare state...
Gathering among the best European specialists of welfare state comparisons, this book organises comprehensive and up to date information on European w...
This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.
This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the pol...
Since the late 1990s, new strategies concerning the role and shape of welfare states have been formulated, many of which are guided by a logic of social investment. This book maps out this new perspective and assesses both its achievements and shortcomings. In doing so, it provides a critical analysis of social investment ideas and policies and opens up for discussion many of Europe s most pressing concerns such as an aging population, the current economic crisis, and environmental issues and whether social investment can provide adequate responses to these challenges."
Since the late 1990s, new strategies concerning the role and shape of welfare states have been formulated, many of which are guided by a logic of s...
This volume provides an analytical framework that links welfare states to party systems, combining recent contributions to the comparative political economy of the welfare state and insights from party and electoral politics.
This volume provides an analytical framework that links welfare states to party systems, combining recent contributions to the comparative political e...
