After austerity : welfare state transformation in Europe after the Great Recession / Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung.
Contributor(s): Taylor-Gooby, Peter [editor.]
| Leruth, Benjamin [editor.] | Chung, Heejung [editor.].Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191831584 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Welfare state -- Europe | Europe -- Economic conditions | Europe -- Social conditions | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198790266DDC classification: 361.65094 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: European welfare states are undergoing profound change, driven by globalisation, technical changes, and population ageing. More immediately, the aftermath of the Great Recession and unprecedented levels of immigration have imposed additional pressures. This work examines welfare state transformations across a representative range of European countries and at the EU level, and considers likely new directions in social policy. It reviews the dominant neo-liberal austerity response and discusses social investment, fightback, welfare chauvinism, and protectionism.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
European welfare states are undergoing profound change, driven by globalisation, technical changes, and population ageing. More immediately, the aftermath of the Great Recession and unprecedented levels of immigration have imposed additional pressures. This work examines welfare state transformations across a representative range of European countries and at the EU level, and considers likely new directions in social policy. It reviews the dominant neo-liberal austerity response and discusses social investment, fightback, welfare chauvinism, and protectionism.
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