Future of the Social Investment State - Politics, Policies and Outcomes

List of contents

1. The future of the social investment state: politics, policies, and outcomes Marius R. Busemeyer, Caroline de la Porte, Julian L. Garritzmann and Emmanuele Pavolini 2. Social investment as a policy paradigm Anton Hemerijck 3. Agents of institutional change in EU policy: the social investment moment Caroline de la Porte and David Natali 4. Public demand for social investment: new supporting coalitions for welfare state reform in Western Europe? Julian L. Garritzmann, Marius R. Busemeyer and Erik Neimanns 5. The multidimensional politics of social investment in conservative welfare regimes: family policy reform between social transfers and social investment Silja Häusermann 6. The Matthew effect in childcare use: a matter of policies or preferences? Emmanuele Pavolini and Wim Van Lancker 7. Good intentions and Matthew effects: access biases in participation in active labour market policies Giuliano Bonoli and Fabienne Liechti 8. Political participation in European welfare states: does social investment matter? Paul Marx and Christoph Giang Nguyen 9. Pro-elderly welfare states within child-oriented societies Róbert Iván Gál, Pieter Vanhuysse and Lili Vargha

About the author

Marius R. Busemeyer is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
Caroline de la Porte is a Professor in European and Comparative Welfare Policy in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at the Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Julian L. Garritzmann is a Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Emmanuele Pavolini is Full Professor in Economic Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Macerata, Italy.

Summary

This volume gathers cutting-edge research on the politics, policies and outcomes of social investment. The contributing authors bring together expert knowledge and different perspectives on SI from several disciplines. The chapters originally published in a special issue in the Journal of European Public Policy.

Product details

• Authors: Marius R. De La Porte Busemeyer
• Assisted by: Marius R. Busemeyer (Editor), Busemeyer Marius R. (Editor), Caroline De La Porte (Editor), Julian L. Garritzmann (Editor), Garritzmann Julian L. (Editor), Emmanuele Pavolini (Editor), Pavolini Emmanuele (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138318175
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31817-5
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Journal of European Public Policy Series; Journal of European Public Policy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Personal & public health, Political Economy, Central / national / federal government policies, Personal and public health / health education, Central government policies