Ideas and welfare state reform in Western Europe / edited by Peter Taylor-Gooby.
The welfare state is a distinctively European invention, central to the success of Europe in balancing competitive capitalism with social inclusion. Social policies across Europe are now being transformed to meet the demands of globalization, population aging, changing labour markets and the new eco...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Summary: | The welfare state is a distinctively European invention, central to the success of Europe in balancing competitive capitalism with social inclusion. Social policies across Europe are now being transformed to meet the demands of globalization, population aging, changing labour markets and the new economic pressures from the European open market. This book analyses the ideas that lie behind the new policies. Based on more than two hundred and fifty interviews with senior politicians, civil servants, representatives of business and unions and other key policy actors in seven European countries and at the EU level, it explores how far a market-centred paradigm lies at the heart of the reforms and offers insights into the essential resilience of the European welfare state. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 179 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230286016 0230286011 |