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The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States - Adapting Post-War Social Policies to New Social Risks (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States - Adapting Post-War Social Policies to New Social Risks (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
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This new study assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and
draw new conclusions about its place in modern society.
It shows how the welfare states that we have inherited from the
early post-war years had one main objective: to protect the income
of the male breadwinner. They secured his place in the labor market
and provided a replacement income when work was not possible
because of old age, invalidity, sickness or unemployment. Today,
however, massive social change, in particular the shift from
industrial to post-industrial societies and economies, have
resulted in new demands being put on welfare states.
These demands originate from situations that are typical of the new
family and labor market structures that have become widespread in
western countries since the 1970s and 1980s, characterized by the
clear prevalence of service employment and by the massive entry of
women in the labor market.
Against this background, this book:
* Presents a precise and clear definition of "new social risks." A
concept being increasingly used in the welfare state
literature.
* Focuses on the groups that are mostly exposed to new social risks
(women, the young, the low skilled) in order to study their
political behavior.
* Assesses policymaking processes that can lead to successful
adaptation.
It covers key areas such as child care, care for elderly people,
adapting pensions to atypical career patterns, active labor market
policies, and policy making at the EU level. This book will be of
great interest for all students and scholars of politics, sociology
and the welfare state in particular.
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