The Transformation of Solidarity - Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State

Klappentext De literatuur over welvaartsstaten richt zich vaak op beleidsveranderingsprocessen en de mechanismen die deze veranderingen veroorzaken of tegenwerken. De werkelijke verandering wordt vaak geïnterpreteerd als gevolg van externe crises of als gevolg van de meer geleidelijke beleidsveranderingsprocessen. Dit boek heeft een ander uitgangspunt: de aute Inhaltsverzeichnis The Transformation of Solidarity - 2[-]Table of Contents - 6[-]Introduction - 8[-]Risk and the Welfare State Risk, Risk Perception and Solidarity - 14[-]2 Contested Solidarity Risk Perception and the Changing Nature of Welfare State Solidarity - 32[-]3 Individualisation: A Double-edged Sword Does Individualisation Undermine Welfare State Support? - 50[-]4 Labour Flexibility and Support for Social Security - 70[-]5 Increasing Employability The Conditions for Success of an Investment Strategy - 92[-]6 Corporatism and the Mediation of Social Risks The Interaction between Social Security and Collective Labour Agreements - 116[-]7 Changing Labour Policies of Transnational Corporations The Decrease and Polarisation of Corporate Social Responsibility - 140[-]8 From Welfare to Workfare The Implementation of Workfare Policies - 166[-]9 Towards a New Welfare Settlement? The Transformation of Welfare State Solidarity - 192[-]Index of Names - 208[-]Index of Subjects - 214

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• Authors: Peter Achterberg, Romke (EDT)/ Yerkes van der Veen, Romke van der Veen, Mara Yerkes
• Assisted by: Peter Achterberg (Editor), Romke Van Der Veen (Editor), Mara Yerkes (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.08.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9789089643834
• ISBN: 978-90-8964-383-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Amsterdam University Press - C; Changing Welfare States; Changing Welfare States
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories