Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix
Subtitle: The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization (Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies)
Contributors: Ugo Ascoli (Editor); Costanzo Ranci (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780306467790
Subjects: Social welfare & social services; Privatization; Social Welfare (General); Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; EU (European Union); Economics - General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology - General; Business & Economics : Economics - General; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science : Sociology - General; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Social Work; European Union countries; Social policy; Welfare state
First sentence: The last ten years have seen the diffusion of new social risks accompanied by profound demographic transformations and changes in the structure of employment in almost all the countries of the European Union.