After Austerity Welfare State Transformation in Europe after the Great Recession

by Taylor-Gooby, Peter; Leruth, Benjamin; Chung, Heejung

• ISBN13: 9780198790273
• ISBN10: 0198790279
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-10-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Peter Taylor-Gooby is a Research Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent. He is the director of the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include Britain's Growth Crisis (co-edited with Colin Hay and Jeremy Green, Palgrave, 2015), The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What Can We Do About It (Palgrave, 2013), and New Paradigms in Public Policy (OUP, 2013).

Benjamin Leruth is a Research Associate at the University of Kent. He is working on the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project. His publications include The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism (co-edited with N. Startin and S. Usherwood, Routledge, 2017).

Heejung Chung is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Kent. He is working on the NORFACE-funded 'Welfare States Futures: Our Children's Europe' (WelfSOC) project.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung
2. Stretching the Limits of Solidarity: The German Case, Jan-Ocko Heuer and Steffen Mau
3. Where Next for the UK Welfare State?, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth, and Heejung Chung
4. France at a Crossroads: Societal Challenges to the Welfare State under Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande's Presidential Terms, Benjamin Leruth
5. Changing Scandinavian Welfare States - Which Way Forward?, Jorgen Goul Andersen, Mi Ah Schoyen, and Bjorn Hvinden
6. The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity, Maša Filipoviç Hrast and Tatjana Rakar
7. Spain and Italy: Regaining the Confidence and Legitimacy to Advance Social Policy, Ana M. Guillen and Emmanuele Pavolini
8. Welfare Reform in Greece: A Major Crisis, Crippling Debt Conditions, and Stark Challenges Ahead, Maria Petmesidou
9. The Europeanisation of the Welfare State: The Case for a 'Differentiated European Social Model', Benjamin Leruth
Liberalism, Social Investment, Protectionism, and Chauvinism: New Directions for the European Welfare State, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Benjamin Leruth and Peter Taylor-Gooby, and Heejung Chung