Challenges to European Welfare Systems
Editors: Schubert, Klaus, de Villota, Paloma, Kuhlmann, Johanna (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Recent Developments of European Welfare Systems: Multiple Challenges and Diverse Reactions
Pages 1-8
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Reforming the Austrian Welfare System: Facing Demographic and Economic Challenges in a Federal Welfare State
Pages 11-35
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Belgium, or How Inertia Can Have Unexpected Benefits in Times of Crisis
Pages 37-57
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The Welfare State in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis: Bulgaria—Between Financial Stability and Political Uncertainty
Pages 59-78
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The Cypriot Welfare State at a Time of Crisis
Pages 79-104
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Challenges to European Welfare Systems
- Editors
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- Klaus Schubert
- Paloma de Villota
- Johanna Kuhlmann
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-07680-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-07680-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-07679-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-79158-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 863
- Number of Illustrations
- 173 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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