Reforming European Welfare States : Germany and the United Kingdom Compared.

By:

Clasen, Jochen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (264 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191533730
0191533734
0199270716
9780199270712

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reforming European Welfare States : Germany and the United Kingdom Compared.DDC classification:

361.610941

LOC classification:

HV278 .C55 2005

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Contents:

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; 1. Introduction; 2. Welfare state reform and restructuring; 3. Motives, means, and opportunities: analytical perspectives; 4. Supporting unemployed people: income protection and activation; 5. Retirement pensions; 6. Family policy: charting new waters; 7. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.

Summary: Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German social policy over the past 25 years. During this time four periods of conservative governments were followed by centre-left administrations in both countries. Moreover, the respective economic and social positions of thetwo countries have been reversed. Adverse socio-economic developments have contributed to the waning of the erstwh.

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Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German social policy over the past 25 years. During this time four periods of conservative governments were followed by centre-left administrations in both countries. Moreover, the respective economic and social positions of thetwo countries have been reversed. Adverse socio-economic developments have contributed to the waning of the erstwh.