Editors:
- All major European national welfare systems are discussed and illustrated with current examples of welfare policy changes
Provides new theoretical and empirical perspectives on the links between globalization and welfare state change
Challenges recent assumptions about the impact of globalization on welfare states
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Challenges and Change: Issues and Perspectives in the Analysis of Globalization and the European Welfare States
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Conclusion
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
'What exactly is globalization?'
'How, if at all, has globalization been implicated in recent changes to European welfare states?'
The book combines both theoretical and empirical analysis to provide a critical account of the relationship between globalization and change in European welfare states.
Firstly the key theoretical and conceptual debates are reviewed and the existing perspectives on globalization and welfare policy change are assessed. The text moves on to explore and challenge the more apocalyptic economic perspectives on globalization and welfare that suggest permanent retrenchment. The discussion includes an outline and assessment of the role of international organisations such as the World Bank and the EU.
All the major types of European national welfare system are considered: Bismarkian, Southern, Central and Eastern European, Nordic and Liberal. Individual chapters outline recent welfare policy changes in the European countries of each system, and the role of globalization in such changes.
This ground-breaking text provides new empirical and theoretical perspectives on links between globalization and European welfare state change. It will be important reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, politics, international relations, European studies and related fields.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Social Science and Law, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Robert Sykes
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Centre d’Etudes de la vie Politique Française (CEVIPOF), Institut d’études politiques de Paris, France
Bruno Palier
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Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
Pauline M. Prior
About the editors
BRUNO PALIER is Chargé de Recherches at CNRS, in the Centre d'études de la vie politique française (CEVIPOF), Paris. He is a member of the Management Committee of Cost A15, 'reforming the welfare system in Europe'.
PAULINE PRIOR is Lecturer in Social Policy at The Queen's University of Belfast. She has a background in practice and management within social services in Northern Ireland and she is the author of Gender and Mental Health (Palgrave 1999).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Globalization and European Welfare States
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Change
Editors: Robert Sykes, Bruno Palier, Pauline M. Prior, Jo Campling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-09783-5
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 256
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Social Policy