The Future of European Welfare A New Social Contract?

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Synopsis

European welfare states are currently under stress and the 'social contracts' that underpin them are being challenged. First, welfare spending has arguably 'grown to limits' in a number of countries while expanding everywhere in the 1990s in line with higher unemployment. Second, demographic change and the emergence of new patterns of family and working life are transforming the nature of 'needs'. Third, the economic context and the policy autonomy of nation states has been transformed by 'globalization'. This book considers the implications of these challenges for European welfare states at the end of the twentieth century with interdisciplinary contributions from first-rate political scientists, economists and sociologists including Paul Ormerod.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 1998
Author:
Martin Rhodes
ISBN:
9781349265435
Related ISBNs:
9780333678244
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-02-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1998
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Business and Finance, Nonfiction, Politics and Government