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Originally published in 2005. The primary focus of this work is the
relationship between family, work and the welfare system. Focusing
on Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the
study draws comparisons between societies which represent different
types of welfare mix between state, market and civil society. Three
important issues in the transformation of the European welfare
state systems are considered: The conditions for social citizenship
in European welfare states and how they have changed in relation to
family and work; Changes in the provision of social welfare and how
they have affected the interrelationship between the welfare state,
the market and civil society; The impacts of constraints on public
expenditure and the financing of the welfare state. The authors
discuss the question of whether the welfare states of these
countries have profoundly changed over the last ten to fifteen
years and examine how this might provide insights into the
contemporary welfare state. The framework developed by the authors
can be applied in other specific areas of the development and
transformation of welfare states.
In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in
recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the
institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four
different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden.
Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the
nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become
increasingly subject to common social and economic development.
Originally published in 2005. The primary focus of this work is the
relationship between family, work and the welfare system. Focusing
on Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, the
study draws comparisons between societies which represent different
types of welfare mix between state, market and civil society. Three
important issues in the transformation of the European welfare
state systems are considered: The conditions for social citizenship
in European welfare states and how they have changed in relation to
family and work; Changes in the provision of social welfare and how
they have affected the interrelationship between the welfare state,
the market and civil society; The impacts of constraints on public
expenditure and the financing of the welfare state. The authors
discuss the question of whether the welfare states of these
countries have profoundly changed over the last ten to fifteen
years and examine how this might provide insights into the
contemporary welfare state. The framework developed by the authors
can be applied in other specific areas of the development and
transformation of welfare states.
This volume represents the present state of theoretical debate in
welfare state scholarship, drawing on research from western Europe,
North America and Japan. It therefore provides a valuable balance
of breadth and detail from the broad international overview to
comparisons between specific welfare states and national case
studies.
Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together
or pulling them apart? The leading experts in this book (including
Sheila Allen, Marlis Buchmann, Piotr Sztompka, and Patrick
Ziltener) cover a wide range of subjects, including the move
towards political democracy and market economy in Central and
Eastern societies, the project of the European Union, ethnic
conflict, the rise of nationalism, social exclusion and women's
role in public life.
In nearly all OECD countries, the labour market has been in flux in recent decades. This book examines the labour markets and the institutional frameworks that condition their functioning in four different countries: Canada, the United States, Denmark and Sweden. Through a comparative study of these cases, the book discusses the nation-specific patterns that exist in a world that seems to become increasingly subject to common social and economic development.
Contents: Introduction: Gender, welfare state and the market: towards a new division of labour? Thomas P. Boje and Arnlaug Leira Section 1: Women's Employment and Welfare Systems 1. Paid work, unpaid work and welfare: towards a framework for studying welfare state variation Mary Daly 2. Citizenship, family policy and women's pattern of employment Thomas P. Boje and Anna-Lena Almqvist 3. Variation within post-fordist and liberal welfare state countries, women's work and social rights in Canada and the United States Cecilia Benoit 4. Family policy and mothers' employment: cross-national varitions Janet Gornick Section II. Family Policy - Work and Care in Different Welfare Systems 5. Gendered Policies: family obligations and social policies in Europe Chiara Saraceno 6. Combining work and family: Nordic policy reforms in the 1990s Arnlaug Leira 7. Child care policies in Japan: post-war developments and recent reforms Ito Peng 8. Changing obligations and expectations: lone parenthood and social policy Jane Millar 9. Solo mothers - how do they work and care in different welfare state regimes? Jørgen Elm Larsen 10. Labour, gender, and the state Evelyn Mahon
Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together
or pulling them apart? The experts in this work cover a wide range
of subjects, including the move towards political democracy and
market economy in Central and Eastern societies, the project of the
European Union, ethnic conflict, the rise of nationalism, social
exclusion and women's role in public life. Contributors include:
Thomas P.Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen, Sylvia Walby, Sheila Allen,
Sara Arber, Volker Bornschier, Rosemary Crompton, Marlis Buchmann,
Godfried Engbersen, Ute Gerhard, Mark Mitchell, John Rex, Dave
Russell, Julia Szalai, Piotr Sztompka, Goran Therborn, Alain
Touraine and Patrick Ziltener.
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