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Welfare States under Pressure (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,617
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Welfare States under Pressure (Paperback): Peter Taylor-Gooby

Welfare States under Pressure (Paperback)

Peter Taylor-Gooby

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Exert from the Financial Times Comment & Analysis: Europe takes on reform of the welfare state: A new study indicates that while the UK has transformed its social policies, the rest of Europe has been far from idle -

`[A] stimulating new book on European welfare states [Welfare States under Pressure] suggests that the view of Britain as the only great welfare state reformer is overstated. And it adds that the game across Europe is about to change?.

This new study argues that, particularly in the late 1990s, there has been more reform in the rest of Europe than is appreciated in the UK. And that Europe as a whole is on the cusp of much greater changes?.

Certainly in France and possibly in Germany, the study judges, the traditional power balance between government, employers, unions and welfare providers has shifted such that government may be able to impose much more drastic measures... In the UK, by contrast, the impact of EU institutions may in some areas mean a degree of levelling up - as in healthcare.

The most intriguing question is how far reformed welfare states will retain the social cohesion they are designed to produce. So far, even in the UK, they have proved remarkably resilient - adapting to changing needs rather than being "rolled back". This study's verdict on the issue is "don't know". But so much change is on the way, it says, that "the past is unlikely to be a good guide to the future"' - Nicholas Timmins, The Financial Times

Welfare States under Pressure provides a timely and comprehensive review of welfare policy-making in Europe. The text compares the different ways in which welfare states have responded to similar pressures over recent years, and considers how welfare is likely to develop in the future.

This work:

ˇ provides up to date accounts of welfare development in Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

ˇ explores how similar pressures can lead to different responses due to different policy-making mechanisms in each of the seven different countries

ˇ contains chapters written by leading national experts

ˇ written accessibly, and tightly edited, with each chapter following the same conceptual structure.

This volume takes a fresh approach in its analysis of the future of the welfare state in Europe. It suggests that opportunities for radical change in welfare systems are now opening up, and that there will be little continuity between the future and the past//present of the welfare system in Europe.

Welfare States under Pressure will be invaluable to undergraduate students in social policy, European studies and politics, and will also be of great use to other social science students interested in Europe and its future development.

General

Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2001
First published: 2002
Editors: Peter Taylor-Gooby
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-7199-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN: 0-7619-7199-8
Barcode: 9780761971993

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