Greve The Times They Are Changing?

Crisis and the Welfare State
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4443-6234-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 2600 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy

The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare Statepresents a series of readings from international policy researchersthat examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfarestates around the world.
* Provides comprehensive and indepth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of thefinancial crisis
* Reveals how the financial crisis is changing our perception ofthe welfare states
* Features contributions from policy researchers and academicsfrom around the world

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greve, Bent

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial Introduction: Overview and Conclusion 1
Bent Greve
1 To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressureto Reform the Welfare State? 7
Barbara Vis, Kees van Kersbergen and Thomas H. Hylands
2 Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social andUnemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UKand Sweden 23
Heejung Chung and Stefan Thewissen
3 The Impact of the Crisis on Australian Social Security Policyin Historical Perspective 41
Peter Saunders and Chris Deeming
4 US Social Policy in the 21st Century: The Difficulties ofComprehensive Social Reform 59
Anne Daguerre
5 Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing IrishPolicy Responses in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present 79
Fiona Dukelow
6 Crisis and Welfare State Change in the Netherlands 101
Mara Yerkes and Romke van der Veen
7 Explaining Welfare Reforms in Italy between Economy andPolitics: External Constraints and Endogenous Dynamics 117
Franca Maino and Stefano Neri
8 The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-timeWork in Italy, Germany and Austria 137
Stefano Sacchi, Federico Pancaldi and Claudia Arisi
9 Health Care Policy for Better or for Worse? Examining NHSReforms During Times of Economic Crisis versus Relative Stability161
Lorraine Frisina Doetter and Ralf Götze
Index 179

Über Autor(innen)

Bent Greve is Professor in Social Science with an emphasis on Welfare State Analysis at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is the regional and special issues editor of the journal Social Policy & Administration and has published extensively on social and labour market policy, social security, tax expenditures, public sector expenditures and financing of the welfare state.