Making a European Welfare State? Convergences and Conflicts Over European Social Policy

by Taylor-Gooby, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781405121163
• ISBN10: 1405121165
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This volume provides an up-to-date account of developments in Europe across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care. An up-to-date account of a rapidly changing field. Covers developments across a range of policy fields, from labour markets to disability and poverty to health care. Situates debates about welfare convergence and divergence in a theoretical context. Draws on sociological, social policy, political science and economic theoretical perspectives. Written by acknowledged experts in the field. Uses case studies of particular policy areas and regional developments. Includes work on Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as on France and Germany.

Author Biography

Peter Taylor-Gooby is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent. His recent publications include European Welfare States Under Pressure (edited, 2001), Risk, Trust and Welfare (edited, 2000) and European Welfare Futures (co-authored with V. George and G. Bonoli, Polity, 2000). He has directed a number of ESRC and EU projects, including the Economic Beliefs and Behaviour programme, the Social Contexts and Responses to Risk network and the Welfare Reform and the Management of Societal Change programme.

Table of Contents

Introduction---Open Markets versus Welfare Citizenship: Conflicting Approaches to Policy Convergence in Europe	1	(16)
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Pressures on State Welfare in Post-industrial Societies: Is More or Less Better?	17	(18)
Mads Meier Jager
Jon Kvist
When Is a Change Big Enough to Be a System Shift? Small System-shifting Changes in German and Finnish Pension Policies	35	(18)
Karl Hinrichs
Olli Kangas
Organizational Restructuring in European Health Systems: The Role of Primary Care	53	(16)
Ana Rico
Richard B. Saltman
Wienke G. W. Boerma
The Uncertain Convergence of Disability Policies in Western Europe	69	(15)
Bjorn Hvinden
Adaptation to Labour Market Change in France and the UK: Convergent or Parallel Tracks?	84	(14)
Anne Daguerre
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Mending Nets in the South: Anti-poverty Policies in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain	98	(16)
Manos Matsaganis
Maurizio Ferrera
Luis Capucha
Luis Moreno
The Trajectory of Post-communist Welfare State Development: The Cases of Bulgaria and Romania	114	(17)
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Ileana Neamtu
Maya Stoyanova
Convergence in the Social Welfare Systems in Europe: From Goal to Reality	131	(20)
Denis Bouget
Index	151