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Published ten years after the first edition, this new Handbook
offers topical, and comprehensive information on the welfare
systems of all 28 EU member states and their recent reforms, giving
the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative
welfare research. Additional chapters provide detailed information
on EU social policy, as well as comparative analyses of European
welfare systems and their reform pathways. For this second edition,
all chapters have been updated and substantially revised, and
Croatia additionally included. The second edition of this Handbook
is most timely, given the often-fundamental welfare state
transformations against the background of the financial and
economic crises, transforming social policy ideas, as well as
political shifts in a number of European countries. The book sets
out to analyse these new developments when it comes to social
policy. In the first part, all country chapters provide systematic
and comparable information on the foundations of the different
national welfare systems and their characteristics. In the second
part, using a joint conceptual foundation, they focus on policy
changes (especially of the last two decades) in different social
policy areas, including old-age, labour market, family, healthcare,
and social assistance policies. As the comparative chapters
conclude, European welfare system landscapes have been in constant
motion in the last two decades. While austerity is not to be seen
on the aggregate level, the in-depth country studies show that all
policy sectors have been characterised by different reform
directions and ideas. The findings not only reveal both change and
continuity, but also policy reversal as a distinct type that
characterises social policy reform. The book provides a rich
resource to the international welfare state research community, and
is also useful for social policy teaching.
This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal
mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of
social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides
several advantages over established approaches for studying social
policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based
approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on
actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve
chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African,
European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the
concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal
mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further
strengthen research on the global development of social policies,
especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is
highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of
disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening
explanation in the social sciences.
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.
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.
Published ten years after the first edition, this new Handbook
offers topical, and comprehensive information on the welfare
systems of all 28 EU member states and their recent reforms, giving
the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative
welfare research. Additional chapters provide detailed information
on EU social policy, as well as comparative analyses of European
welfare systems and their reform pathways. For this second edition,
all chapters have been updated and substantially revised, and
Croatia additionally included. The second edition of this Handbook
is most timely, given the often-fundamental welfare state
transformations against the background of the financial and
economic crises, transforming social policy ideas, as well as
political shifts in a number of European countries. The book sets
out to analyse these new developments when it comes to social
policy. In the first part, all country chapters provide systematic
and comparable information on the foundations of the different
national welfare systems and their characteristics. In the second
part, using a joint conceptual foundation, they focus on policy
changes (especially of the last two decades) in different social
policy areas, including old-age, labour market, family, healthcare,
and social assistance policies. As the comparative chapters
conclude, European welfare system landscapes have been in constant
motion in the last two decades. While austerity is not to be seen
on the aggregate level, the in-depth country studies show that all
policy sectors have been characterised by different reform
directions and ideas. The findings not only reveal both change and
continuity, but also policy reversal as a distinct type that
characterises social policy reform. The book provides a rich
resource to the international welfare state research community, and
is also useful for social policy teaching.
This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal
mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of
social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides
several advantages over established approaches for studying social
policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based
approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on
actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve
chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African,
European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the
concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal
mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further
strengthen research on the global development of social policies,
especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is
highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of
disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening
explanation in the social sciences.
Die sozialdemokratische Agenda 2010 ist in vielerlei Hinsicht ein
noch nicht ausreichend erklartes politisches Phanomen. Weder wurde
bislang der systematische Versuch unternommen, zu klaren, was
uberhaupt Inhalt dieses diffusen Reformpakets war, noch ist
abschliessend geklart, was die strategischen Ziele der
Schroderschen Reformagenda waren und ob bzw. wie diese uberhaupt
erreicht wurden - kurz: Warum sich die SPD fur diese Politik
entschieden hat. Der vorliegende Band beantwortet diese offenen
Fragen."
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