European Welfare Futures
Subtitle: Towards a Theory of Retrenchment
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: April 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780745618111
Subjects: Central government policies; EU & European institutions; Social issues; Welfare & benefit systems; Public Affairs & Administration; General; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; EU (European Union); Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES_SOCIAL POLICY; Political Science / Social Policy; SOCIAL SERVICE_EUROPE; European Union countries; Social policy; Social service
First sentence: Europe has made three gifts to the world: industrial capitalism, the competitive market and the welfare state.