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Being an 'active citizen' involves exercising social rights and
duties, enjoying choice and autonomy, and participating in
political decision-making processes which are of importance for
one's life. Amid the new challenges facing contemporary welfare
states, debate over just how 'active' citizens can and ought to be
has redoubled. Presenting research from the first major comparative
and cross-national study of active citizenship and disability in
Europe, this book analyses the consequences of ongoing changes in
Europe - what opportunities do persons with disabilities have to
exercise Active Citizenship? The Changing Disability Policy System:
Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 1 approaches the
conditions for Active Citizenship from a macro perspective in order
to capture the impact of the overall disability policy system. This
system takes diverse and changing forms in the nine European
countries under study. Central to the analysis are issues of
coherence and coordination between three subsystems of the
disability policy system, and between levels of governance. This
book identifies the implications and policy lessons of the findings
for future disability policy in Europe and beyond. It will appeal
to policymakers and policy officials, as well as to researchers and
students of disability studies, comparative social policy,
international disability law and qualitative research methods.
Being an 'active citizen' involves exercising social rights and
duties, enjoying choice and autonomy, and participating in
political decision-making processes which are of importance for
one's life. Amid the new challenges facing contemporary welfare
states, debate over just how 'active' citizens can and ought to be
has redoubled. Presenting research from the first major comparative
and cross-national study of active citizenship and disability in
Europe, this book analyses the consequences of ongoing changes in
Europe - what opportunities do persons with disabilities have to
exercise Active Citizenship? The Changing Disability Policy System:
Active Citizenship and Disability in Europe Volume 1 approaches the
conditions for Active Citizenship from a macro perspective in order
to capture the impact of the overall disability policy system. This
system takes diverse and changing forms in the nine European
countries under study. Central to the analysis are issues of
coherence and coordination between three subsystems of the
disability policy system, and between levels of governance. This
book identifies the implications and policy lessons of the findings
for future disability policy in Europe and beyond. It will appeal
to policymakers and policy officials, as well as to researchers and
students of disability studies, comparative social policy,
international disability law and qualitative research methods.
Following the death of Franco, Spain underwent a transition to
democracy in the mid-1970s. Although a rapid process of
modernization occurred, the Spanish welfare state was seen, until
fairly recently, as relatively underdeveloped. However, given the
progressive Europeanization and expansion of Spanish social policy,
questions arise as to whether the Spanish welfare system should
still be considered as peripheral to West European welfare states.
This volume is divided into three sections. The first section deals
with broad trends in the evolution of the Spanish welfare state. To
begin with, the consolidation path of social protection policies is
explored. Attention is also paid to the process of Europeanization.
Furthermore, the analysis explores advances in gender equality
policies. In the second section, attention is turned to governance
issues, such as collective bargaining, the interplay among levels
of government, the welfare mix and public support for social
policies. The third and final part of the book addresses five main
challenges facing the Spanish welfare state in the 21st century,
namely, the need to enhance flexicurity; to achieve a better
work-family balance; to coordinate immigration policies with
existing social protection; to tackle the persistence of high rates
of relative poverty; and to face intense population ageing, both in
terms of increasing needs for care and the reform of the pension
system.
Southern Europe has been hit hard by the global economic crisis
and, as such, their welfare states have come under acute strain.
Unmet need has sharply increased while significant welfare reforms
and deep social spending cuts have been prominent in the crisis
management solutions implemented by governments, labouring under EU
constraints and the strict rescue-deal requirements for Greece and
Portugal. This volume provides a systematic comparative appraisal
of welfare-state reform trajectories across Southern Europe prior
to and during the crisis, and traces the impact of austerity
policies and wider recession upon income inequality and poverty. It
brings together a number of cross-country studies on major social
policy areas, raising crucial questions. What policy choices are
driving reforms as Southern European economies work their way out
of fiscal difficulty? Can the crisis provoke the improvement of
institutional capabilities and recalibration of social? Or,
instead, does structural adjustment indicate a significant policy
turn towards the erosion of social rights? The contributions
critically approach these issues and bring evidence to bear upon
whether Southern European welfare capitalisms are becoming more
dissimilar. This book was originally published as a special issue
of South European Society & Politics.
Following the death of Franco, Spain underwent a transition to
democracy in the mid-1970s. Although a rapid process of
modernization occurred, the Spanish welfare state was seen, until
fairly recently, as relatively underdeveloped. However, given the
progressive Europeanization and expansion of Spanish social policy,
questions arise as to whether the Spanish welfare system should
still be considered as peripheral to West European welfare states.
This volume is divided into three sections. The first section deals
with broad trends in the evolution of the Spanish welfare state. To
begin with, the consolidation path of social protection policies is
explored. Attention is also paid to the process of Europeanization.
Furthermore, the analysis explores advances in gender equality
policies. In the second section, attention is turned to governance
issues, such as collective bargaining, the interplay among levels
of government, the welfare mix and public support for social
policies. The third and final part of the book addresses five main
challenges facing the Spanish welfare state in the 21st century,
namely, the need to enhance flexicurity; to achieve a better
work-family balance; to coordinate immigration policies with
existing social protection; to tackle the persistence of high rates
of relative poverty; and to face intense population ageing, both in
terms of increasing needs for care and the reform of the pension
system.
Southern Europe has been hit hard by the global economic crisis
and, as such, their welfare states have come under acute strain.
Unmet need has sharply increased while significant welfare reforms
and deep social spending cuts have been prominent in the crisis
management solutions implemented by governments, labouring under EU
constraints and the strict rescue-deal requirements for Greece and
Portugal. This volume provides a systematic comparative appraisal
of welfare-state reform trajectories across Southern Europe prior
to and during the crisis, and traces the impact of austerity
policies and wider recession upon income inequality and poverty. It
brings together a number of cross-country studies on major social
policy areas, raising crucial questions. What policy choices are
driving reforms as Southern European economies work their way out
of fiscal difficulty? Can the crisis provoke the improvement of
institutional capabilities and recalibration of social? Or,
instead, does structural adjustment indicate a significant policy
turn towards the erosion of social rights? The contributions
critically approach these issues and bring evidence to bear upon
whether Southern European welfare capitalisms are becoming more
dissimilar. This book was originally published as a special issue
of South European Society & Politics.
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