Title After austerity : welfare state transformation in Europe after the Great Recession / edited by Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover; After Austerity: Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; Notes on Contributors; 1: The Context: How European Welfare States Have Responded to Post-Industrialism, Ageing Populations, and Populist Nationalism; 1.1 Longer-term Shifts in the Economic, Social, and Political Context of the European Welfare State; 1.1.1 Economic Changes; 1.1.2 Social Changes; 1.1.3 Political Changes; 1.2 The Great Recession and the Politics of Austerity 1.3 Theorizing the Way in which Welfare States Manage the New Policy Directions1.3.1 Convergence; 1.3.2 Structured Diversity; 1.3.3 Beyond Continuity; 1.4 National Contexts; References; 2: Stretching the Limits of Solidarity: The German Case; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Challenges for the Conservative German Welfare State and New Directions in Social Policy; 2.3 Social Policy Responses to the Great Recession between Old Habits and New Directions; 2.4 What Future for German Social Policy? Four Possible Challenges and Cleavages; 2.5 Conclusion; Notes; References 3: Where Next for the UK Welfare State?3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Shift towards Neo-Liberalism; 3.3 Current Issues: the Impact of the Great Recession and Responses to It; 3.4 Future Scenarios: The UK Welfare State at a Crossroads?; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4: France at a Crossroads: Societal Challenges to the Welfare State during Nicolas Sarkozyś and François Hollandeś Presidential Terms; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The French Welfare State Prior to the Great Recession; 4.3 2007-12: Sarkozyś Presidency, the Great Recession, and Neo-Dirigisme 4.4 François Hollande, 2012-17: Le changement, cést maintenant?4.5 Conclusion: Future Scenarios and Public Attitudes; Notes; References; 5: Changing Scandinavian Welfare States: Which Way Forward?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preconditions and Outcomes; 5.3 Recent Developments: Transformation of the Social Contract?; 5.3.1 Pension and Retirement Reforms; 5.3.2 Disability and Sickness Absence; 5.3.3 Labour Market Reforms; 5.3.4 Tax Reform; 5.3.5 New Public Management; 5.3.6 Immigration; 5.4 Still a Scandinavian Family?; 5.5 Possible Trajectories for the Future 5.5.1 Damage Repair: Rebuilding Nordic Welfare5.5.2 Prolonged Austerity; 5.5.3 Privatization: Promoting or Undermining State Welfare?; 5.5.4 Targeting; 5.5.5 Welfare Chauvinism; 5.6 Conclusion; Notes; References; 6: The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Gradual Welfare State Reforms After Independence; 6.3 Current Issues: Policy Responses to the Great Recession; 6.4 The Politics of Welfare and Possible Welfare State Futures; 6.5 Conclusion; Notes; References 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 25, 2017) SUBJECT Europa gnd Subject Welfare state -- Europe Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. Economic history Social conditions Welfare state Wohlfahrtsstaat Rezession Society. SUBJECT Europe -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045668 Europe -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045753 Subject Europe Form Electronic book Author Taylor-Gooby, Peter, editor Leruth, Benjamin, editor Chung, Heejung, 1977- editor. ISBN 9780191831584 0191831581 9780192507426 0192507427

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