The territorial politics of welfare
By: Nicola McEwen and Luis Moreno (eds.).
Contributors: McEwen, Nicola, 1970-; Moreno, Luis, 1950-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Public welfare -- Political aspects -- European Union countries; Welfare state -- European Union countries; Decentralization in government -- European Union countries; Regionalism -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Social policy; European Union countries -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exploring the territorial politics of welfare / Luis Morena and Nicola McEwen; title: Devolution and the preservation of the British welfare state / Nicola McEwen and Richard Parry; title: Welfare management in the German federal system : the emergence of welfare regions? / Jörg Mathias; title: Territorial politics and welfare development in France / Alistair Cole; title: Spain, from state welfare to regional welfare? / Raquel Gallego, Ricard Gomà, and Joan Subirats; title: From the southern to the northern question : territorial and social politics in Italy / Valeria Fargion; title: The preservation of social security as a national function in the Belgian federal state / Pierre Baudewyns and Régis Dandoy; title: Changing political contexts in the Nordic welfare states : the central-local relationship in the 1990s and beyond / Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith; title: Nationalism and social policy in Canada and Quebec / Daniel Béland and André Lecours; title: European social policies and national welfare constituencies : issues of legitimacy and public support / Steffen Mau; title: European integration and social citizenship: changing boundaries; title: New structuring? / Maurizio Ferrera.