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"This unique book explores the question of whether different myths and narratives have an impact on the development of welfare states. After discussing the various definitions of 'myths' and 'narratives', Bent Greve disentangles their relationship with the welfare state, referring also to debates on welfare chauvinism, deservingness and retrenchment. Greve discusses why some myths are particularly persistent and why some narratives may have a stronger impact than others. Incorporating ideas about how decision makers select and present information as well as how fake news can influence development, the book unravels narratives and perceptions about welfare scroungers, migrants and the misuse of the welfare system. Rejecting a number of long-standing myths about welfare states, Greve concludes that they have had a limited impact on welfare states' spending and development as attitudes towards welfare have remained fairly stable over the past decade. Taking a novel approach to understanding how welfare states operate and change, with a focus on European states, this book will be critical reading for academics and students of social policy and political science"--

Social security law --- Pragmatics --- Welfare state. --- Welfare states

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This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geographical mobility. It challenges the state-centred approach in research on welfare and migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns are part of migrants’ decisions regarding (or aspirations for) mobility. Employing a transnational and a translocal perspective, the book addresses different forms of geographical mobility, such as immigration, emigration, and re-migration, circular and return migration. By bringing in empirical findings from across a variety of Western and non-Western contexts, the book challenges the Eurocentric focus in current debates and contributes to a more nuanced and more integrated global account of the welfare-migration nexus.

Economic sociology --- Migration. Refugees --- Politics --- politiek --- migratie (mensen) --- sociale economie --- Emigration and immigration --- Welfare state --- Social mobility --- #SBIB:39A6 --- Mobility, Social --- Sociology --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Economic aspects --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Migration, immigration & emigration --- Political economy --- Political science & theory --- Migration --- Population Economics --- Political Science --- Human Migration --- Open access --- Immigration and emigration --- Nexus of welfare provisions --- Global social protection --- Migration and integration --- Population mobility --- Rural to urban migration --- Circular and return migration --- Welfare-migration nexus --- Citizenship --- Welfare and mobility --- Chinese international students --- Children's education and parental migration decisions --- Migration and settlement aspirations --- Labour mobility from Eastern European welfare states --- Healthcare workers and migration --- Gender equality in expatriate family migration --- Old-age pensions across borders --- Social protection across countries --- Population & demography