Two Centuries of Solidarity - German, Belgian and Dutch Social Health Insurance 1770-2008

List of contents

Two centuries of solidarity - 2 PREFACE - 6 CONTENTS - 8 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS - 14 TRANSLATIONS - 18 INTRODUCTION - 28 Chapter I GUILDS AND HEALTH-INSURANCE FUNDS: SOLIDARITY DURING THE ANCIEN ReGIME - 36 Chapter II THE END OF THE GUILD SYSTEM, 1789-1820 - 46 Chapter III THE BIRTH OF MODERN HEALTH-INSURANCE FUNDS - 52 Chapter IV HEALTH INSURANCE AS A GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, 1850-1914 - 70 Chapter V WAR, PEACE, WAR, 1914-1945 - 132 Chapter VI GROWTH AND ITS LIMITS, 1945-2000 - 202 Chapter VII SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE AND NEOLIBERALREGULATED MARKET COMPETITION, 2000-2008 - 294 Chapter VIII THE ART OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING: ONE CONCEPT IN THREE COUNTRIES - 356 TABLES AND CHARTS - 382 BIBLIOGRAFIE - 384

About the author

Karel-Peter Companje is Head of the Knowledge Centre History of Social Health Insurance at the Free university Amsterdam. Karel Veraghtert is emeritus professor in history at Tilburg University. Brigitte Widdershoven is policy employee at the Technical University Delft.

Product details

• Authors: K. P. Hendriks Companje, COMPANJE K P HENDRIKS R H M
• Assisted by: Karel-Peter Companje (Editor), Karel Veraghtert (Editor), Brigitte Widdershoven (Editor)
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2009
• EAN: 9789052603445
• ISBN: 978-90-5260-344-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics