Welfare and Work in the Open Economy Volume II: Diverse Responses to Common Challenges

by Scharpf, Fritz W.; Schmidt, Vivien A.

• ISBN13: 9780199240920
• ISBN10: 0199240922
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In this ground-breaking, two-volume study of the adjustment of advanced welfare states to international economic pressures, leading scholars detail the wide variety of responses in twelve countries. Volume I presents comparative analyses of differences in countries' vulnerabilities and capabilities, the effectiveness of their policy responses, and the role of values and discourse in the politics of adjustment. Volume II presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as special studies on the participation of women in the labour market, early retirement, the liberalization of public services, and international tax competition.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Restructuring the British welfare state: Between domestic constraints and global imperatives

Internationalization and two liberal welfare states: Australia and New Zealand

Switzerland: Adjustment politics within institutional constraints

How small countries egotiate change: Twenty-five years of policy adjustment in Austria, the netherlands, and Belgium

Adjusting badly: The German welfare state, structural change, and the open economy

France: Directing adjustment?

Italy: Rescue from without?

Sweden and Denmark: Defending the Welfare State

A Fine Balance: Women's labor market particilation in international comparison

Any way out of exit from work? Reversing the entrenched pathways of early retirement?

After liberalization: Public-interest services and employment itilities

Adjusting national tax policy to economic internationalization: Strategies and outcomes

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