Overview
Provides the first comprehensive analyses of all European welfare systems following the financial crisis of 2007
Presents both country/national and comparative perspectives
Includes the role of and prospects for the EU
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (36 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Country Studies
-
Front Matter
-
Keywords
About this book
This book provides the first comprehensive analyses of the challenges all European welfare systems have been facing since 2007, combining in-depth country-based studies and comparative chapters. It focuses on: 1) the economic and financial crisis, 2) demographic change, and 3) the balance between avoiding risks and opening up opportunities in social policy. The results show that European welfare systems tend to face the same challenges in different ways and that also their responses to those challenges differ considerably. Although the EU also plays a part in shaping national welfare systems, it becomes evident that European welfare systems are by no means converging: in terms of social policy, national diversity within Europe is still a major factor that will shape future developments in European welfare systems.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Klaus Schubert is Professor of German Politics and Policy Field Analysis at the Institute of Political Science, University of Munster, Germany.
Paloma de Villota is Professor of Economic Policy at the Institute of Social Science and Economics, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Johanna Kuhlmann is Research Assistant at the Institute of Political Science, University of Muenster, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Challenges to European Welfare Systems
Editors: Klaus Schubert, Paloma de Villota, Johanna Kuhlmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07680-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07679-9Published: 16 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79158-6Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07680-5Published: 08 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 863
Number of Illustrations: 173 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Social Policy, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, European Integration, Population Economics