Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe: Social Policy and Climate Change

Synopsis

This seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what makes welfare states sustainable?’ in the era of climate change. Expert authors challenge traditional perspectives on questions of sustainability which have focused on population ageing, global economic turbulence and on containing current and future public social spending.The chapters present new empirical evidence in the form of in-depth comparative country studies from across Europe, offering an insight into how political actors, social partners and civil society organisations in countries associated with different welfare models address questions of sustainability and the extent to which they balance social, ecological and economic considerations. The editors conclude by mapping out ways in which welfare states can address these increasingly urgent and complex issues and facilitate an eco-social transition towards true sustainability.This book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of comparative social policy, environmental politics and policy and climate change. Highlighting the political and structural challenges European societies face in the transition to low carbon economies, this book will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners in these areas.

Copyright:

2022

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781839104633

Related ISBNs:

9781839104626

Publisher:

Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Addition:

09/17/22

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N/A

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

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Edited by:

Mi A. Schoyen

Edited by:

Bjørn Hvinden

Edited by:

Merethe Dotterud Leiren