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Welfare states and public opinion : perceptions of healthcare systems, family policy and benefits for the unemployed and poor in Europe
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ISBN: 9781848448063 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cheltenham Edward Elgar

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Welfare States and Public Opinion comprises an informed inquiry into three fields of social policy – health policy, family policy, and unemployment benefits and social assistance. Though the analyses stem from research spanning fifteen countries across Europe, the conclusions can be applied to social policy problems in nations worldwide.Combining a detailed analysis of the institutional structure of social policy with the study of public attitudes toward healthcare, family policy, and benefits for the unemployed and poor, this book represents a new stream in public opinion research. The authors demonstrate that the institutional designs of social policies have a great impact on inequalities among social groups, and provide best practices for gaining public support for social policy reform.The wealth of information found in this comprehensive study will be of interest not only to scholars and students of sociology, political science, social policy, public policy and law, but to health and social policymakers the world over.


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Participation, responsibility and choice : summoning the active citizen in Western European welfare states
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ISBN: 9789089642752 9089642757 9789048513437 904851343X Year: 2011 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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Faced with budget problems and an aging population, European governments in recent years have begun reconsidering the structure and extent of the welfare state. Guarantees and directives have given way to responsibilities and choice. This volume analyzes the effect of this change on the citizens of Germany, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. It traces the emergence of new discourses around social movements for greater independence, power, and control, and the way these discourses serve to reframe the struggle at hand. Making use of ethnographic research and policy analysis, the authors analyze the cultural transition, tensions, and trajectory of this call toward active citizenship.


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L'État-Providence en Europe : performance et dumping social
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ISBN: 9782728804849 2728804842 Year: 2012 Volume: 29 Publisher: Paris : Éditions Rue d'Ulm,

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Cet essai compare les performances des pays de lʹEurope des quinze avec celles des douze nouveaux membres en matière de politique sociale : inégalités sociales, santé, emploi, éducation, personnes âgées. Les pays nordiques ont les meilleurs résultats, ainsi que des pays dʹEurope de lʹEst comme la République tchèque ou la Slovénie, au contraire dʹautres comme la Roumanie ou la Bulgarie.


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The individual and the welfare state : life histories in Europe
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ISBN: 9783642174711 Year: 2011 Publisher: London Springer

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Our health, our income and our social networks at older ages are the consequence of what has happened to us over the course of our lives. The situation at age 50+ reflects our own decisions as well as many environmental factors, especially interventions by the welfare state such as education policies, access to health care and many types of social protection from poverty relief to housing subsidies and maternity support. This book explores the richness of 28,000 life histories in thirteen European countries – ranging from Scandinavia to Central and Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean – collected as part of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Combining these data with a comprehensive account of European welfare state interventions provides a unique opportunity to answer the important public policy questions of our time – how the welfare state affects people’s incomes, housing, families, retirement, volunteering and health. The overarching theme of the welfare state creates a book of genuinely interdisciplinary analyses, a valuable resource for economists, gerontologists, historians, political scientists, public health analysts, and sociologists alike.


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A long goodbye to Bismarck? : the politics of welfare reforms in continental Europe
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ISBN: 9789089642349 9789048512454 908964234X 904851245X Year: 2010 Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,

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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.

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