Southern European Welfare States: Between Crisis and Reform

by Rhodes,Martin; Rhodes,Martin

• ISBN13: 9780714647883
• ISBN10: 0714647888
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The collection provides a series of both comparative and specific country analyses, furnishing new empirical detail and more general reflections on the character of social policy and welfare in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Table of Contents

Southern European Welfare States: Identity, Problems and Prospects for Reform	p. 1
Social Welfare and the Family in Southern Europe	p. 23
Is the South so Different?: Italian and Spanish Families in Comparative Perspective	p. 42
Social Protection in Contemporary Greece	p. 67
Social Exclusion and Minimum Income Programmes in Spain	p. 87
Regional Decentralization and Health Care Reform in Spain (1976-1996)	p. 115
Social Assistance and the North-South Cleavage in Italy	p. 135
The Italian National Health Service and the Challenge of Privatization	p. 155
Policies for the Unemployed and Social Shock Absorbers: The Italian Experience	p. 172
Welfare States and Anti-Poverty Regimes: The Case of Portugal	p. 198
The Transformation of the Portuguese Social Security System	p. 219
Reclaiming Welfare: The Politics of French Social Protection Reform	p. 240
Dimensions of Social Policy in Greece	p. 260
Biographical Notes	p. 270
Index	p. 275
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