
Why We Need a New Welfare State
Gosta Esping-Andersen(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 22. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
276 pages
978-0-19-925643-3 (ISBN)
Description
Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future of the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and justice. The volume concentrates on four principal social policy domains; the aged and transition to retirement; the welfare issues related to profound changes in working life; the risks and needs that arise in households and, especially, in child families; and the challenges of creating gender equality. The volume aims to promote a better understanding of the key welfare issues that will have to be faced in the coming decades. It also warns against the all-too-frequent recourse to patent policy solutions that have all to often characterized debate. It intends to move the policy debate from its often frustrating vague and generic level towards greater specificity and nuance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-925643-3 (9780199256433)
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Gosta Esping-Andersen | Duncan Gallie | Anton Hemerijck
Why We Need a New Welfare State
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08/2002
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Content
Foreword ; 1. Towards the Good Society, Once Again? ; 2. A Child Centred Social Investment Strategy ; 3. A New Gender Contract ; 4. The Quality of Working Life in Welfare Strategy ; 5. A New Social Contract for the Elderly ; 6. The Self-Transformation of the European Social Models