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This book examines European welfare states, how and why they are changing, and how they are likely to develop.
List of contents
- 1: Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung: Introduction
- 2: Jan-Ocko Heuer and Steffen Mau: Stretching the Limits of Solidarity: The German Case
- 3: Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung: Where Next for the UK Welfare State?
- 4: Benjamin Leruth: France at a Crossroads: Societal Challenges to the Welfare State under Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande's Presidential Terms
- 5: Jørgen Goul Andersen, Mi Ah Schoyen, and Bjørn Hvinden: Changing Scandinavian Welfare States - Which Way Forward?
- 6: Maa Filipoviand#231 Hrast and Tatjana Rakar: The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity
- 7: Ana M. Guillén and Emmanuele Pavolini: Spain and Italy: Regaining the Confidence and Legitimacy to Advance Social Policy
- 8: Maria Petmesidou: Welfare Reform in Greece: A Major Crisis, Crippling Debt Conditions, and Stark Challenges Ahead
- 9: Benjamin Leruth: The Europeanisation of the Welfare State: The Case for a 'Differentiated European Social Model'
- Liberalism, Social Investment, Protectionism, and Chauvinism: New Directions for the European Welfare State
About the author
Peter Taylor-Gooby is a Research Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent. He is the director of the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include Britain's Growth Crisis (co-edited with Colin Hay and Jeremy Green, Palgrave, 2015), The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What Can We Do About It (Palgrave, 2013), and New Paradigms in Public Policy (OUP, 2013).
Benjamin Leruth is an Assistant Professor in Public Administration at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, and a Research Associate at the University of Kent. He is working on the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism (co-edited with N. Startin and S. Usherwood, Routledge, 2017).
Heejung Chung is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent. He is working on the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project.
Summary
This book examines European welfare states, how and why they are changing, and how they are likely to develop.
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The book contains timely, precious material and analysis that can contribute to the formulation of more socially and economically coherent policies across EU Member States and at the EU level. It is a must read book for policy-makers, the business sector, trade unions and NGOs concerned about the future of democracy and ensuring a sound economy underpinned by an equitable welfare state.
