Euro-Austerity and Welfare States - Comparative Political Economy of Reform During the Maastricht Decade

Weighing in on the euro-austerity debate, this book uses case studies from three countries to evaluate the distinctive politics of fiscal policy and welfare state reform during a key period in Europe.

List of contents

Preface
List of Tables and Figures
1. Euro-Austerity and Europe’s Welfare States
2. Institutionalization of Euro-Austerity
3. Euro-Austerity to Welfare State Retrenchment?
4. Euro-Austerity and Political Economy of Reform in Belgium
5. Euro-Austerity and Political Economy of Reform in Greece
6. Euro-Austerity and Political Economy of Reform in Italy
7. Euro-Austerity and Comparative Political Economy of Reform
8. On Euro-Austerity - Episode II
References

About the author

H. Tolga Bolukbasi is an assistant professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University, Turkey.

Summary

Weighing in on the euro-austerity debate, this book uses case studies from three countries to evaluate the distinctive politics of fiscal policy and welfare state reform during a key period in Europe.

Product details

• Authors: H Tolga Bolukbasi, H. Tolga Bolukbasi
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781487507763
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0776-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: European Union Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education