Expanding welfare in an age of austerity : increasing protection in an unprotected world /
"In recent decades, the rapid expansion of lower-quality, atypical employment has created a growing group of people excluded not only from generous labor market protections, but from welfare state coverage as well. This situation would seem to call for increased spending on the social safety ne...
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Amsterdam University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Changing welfare states. |
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Summary: |
"In recent decades, the rapid expansion of lower-quality, atypical employment has created a growing group of people excluded not only from generous labor market protections, but from welfare state coverage as well. This situation would seem to call for increased spending on the social safety net, yet governments throughout continental Europe, especially since the financial crisis, have instead been turning to austerity. As a result, they have had to choose between either extending coverage and retrenching the good benefits given to 'insiders' or maintaining the protection, coverage, and benefits of the relatively well-off at the expense of a growing class of excluded 'outsiders'. 'Expanding welfare in an age of austerity: increasing protection in an unprotected world' asks why different nations have taken different approaches in addressing - or not addressing - this problem."--Back cover. |
Carrier Form: | 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-214) and index. |
ISBN: |
9789462980211 9462980217 |
Index Number: | HN373 |
CLC: | D750.7 |
Call Number: | D750.7/K439 |
Contents: | Struggling with persistent gaps -- A tale of two RMIs -- Public attitudes towards the unemployed in Continental, southern Europe, and beyond -- Southern European characteristics in the broader context -- Bismarck, Beveridge, and making the transition -- Healthcare reform and public opinion in Continental and Southern Europe -- Examining healthcare coverage across the OECD -- Rectifying coverage gaps -- Appendix : A brief methodological note. |