European welfare systems
By: Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula Bazant.
Contributors: Schubert, Klaus, Dr.; Hegelich, Simon.; Bazant, Ursula.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9780415482752; 9780203878590
Subjects: Public welfare -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Social policy
Other titles: Handbook of European welfare systems
Table of contents: title: European welfare systems : current state of research and some theoretical considerations; title: Welfare state development in Austria : strong traditions meet new challenges; title: Belgium : the quest for sustainability, legitimacy, and a way out of "welfare without work"; title: Impact of the reforms of the welfare state in Bulgaria after 1989 on stratification, solidarity, and integration of groups at risk; title: Between economic constraints and popular entrenchment : the development of the Danish welfare 1982 to 2005; title: Inequalities and deficiencies in social protection : the welfare system of Greece; title: The Italian welfare state (still) in transition : the progressive recalibration of social programmes and greater flexibility of labour market policies; title: The Maltese welfare state : hybrid wine in rightist bottles (with leftist labels); title: The Portuguese welfare system : from a corporative regime to a European welfare state; title: The Slovak welfare system : neo-liberal nightmare or welfare pioneer of Middle-Eastern Europe?; title: European welfare systems : diversity beyond existing categories; title: Politically limited pluralism as European identity : European welfare systems.