Why we Need a New Welfare State

Klappentext Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and justice. This volume concentrates on four principle social domains; the aged and transition to retirement; the welfare issues related to profound changes in working life; the risks and needs that arise in households and! especially! in child families; and the challenges of creating gender equality. Zusammenfassung Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future of the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and justice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 1: Gosta Esping Andersen: Towards the Good Society, Once Again? 2: Gosta Esping Andersen: A Child Centred Social Investment Strategy 3: Gosta Esping Andersen: A New Gender Contract 4: Duncan Gallie: The Quality of Working Life in Welfare Strategy 5: John Myles: A New Social Contract for the Elderly 6: Anton Hemerijck: The Self-Transformation of the European Social Models

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• Authors: Gosta Esping-Andersen, Gsta Esping-Andersen, Gosta Espring-Andersen, Duncan Gallie
• Assisted by: Gosta Esping-Andersen (Editor), Gøsta Esping-Andersen (Editor), Gosta ( Professor of Sociology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra Esping-Andersen (Editor), Goesta Esping-Anderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780199256433
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925643-3
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 233 mm x 14 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)