UID:
edoccha_9958119363302883
Format:
1 online resource (455 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
90-485-1245-X
Series Statement:
Changing welfare states
Content:
A Long Goodbye to Bismarck? is the first study to provide an exhaustive comparative account of all welfare reforms in continental Europe during the past three decades, covering Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, and Switzerland.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Feb 2021).
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: What does it Mean to Break with Bismarck?; 1. Ordering Change: Understanding the 'Bismarckian' Welfare Reform Trajectory; 2. A Social Insurance State Withers Away. Welfare State Reforms in Germany - Or: Attempts to Turn Around in a Cul-de-Sac; 3. The Dualizations of the French Welfare System; 4. Janus-Faced Developments in a Prototypical Bismarckian Welfare State: Welfare Reforms in Austria since the 1970's; 5. Continental Welfare at a Crossroads: The Choice between Activation and Minimum Income Protection in Belgium and the Netherlands
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6. Italy : An Uncompleted Departure from Bismarck 7. Defrosting the Spanish Welfare State: The Weight of Conservative Components; 8. Reform Opportunities in a Bismarckian Latecomer: Restructuring the Swiss Welfare State; 9. The Politics of Social Security Reforms in the Czech Republic , Hungary , Poland and Slovakia; 10. Reforming Bismarckian Corporatism : The Changing Role of Social Partnership in Continental Europe; 11. Trajectories of Fiscal Adjustment in Bismarckian Welfare Systems; 12. Whatever Happened to the Bismarckian Welfare State? From Labor Shedding to Employment-Friendly Reforms
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13. The Long Conservative Corporatist Road to Welfare ReformsNotes; Bibliography; About the Contributors; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-8964-234-X
Language:
English
