The Future of the Welfare State

Bent Greve received a M.A. in Economics at Copenhagen University in 1977, a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Roskilde in 1992, and a Dr. Scientific Administration in public administration in 2002. He is a Professor in Welfare State Analysis and is Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Director of the Jean Monnet European Center of Excellences both at the University of Roskilde, Denmark. He is an expert on the analysis of the welfare state and its development, mainly in a comparative European perspective. His research on the welfare state covers areas such as social security, the labour market, financing, and tax expenditures. He has been the Danish expert to several European Union Commission studies on financing and its implications, labor market policies, tele-working, and free movement of workers. He has done evaluation of welfare state policies and initiatives in core areas of the welfare state. He is also actively involved in and coordinates several programs on European Social Policy Analysis. Among other things, he is a deputy member of the board of the European Institute of Social Security and member and Vice Chair of the Danish Central Board of Taxation.

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List of Contributors

Introduction: The Social, Political and Economic Future of the European

Welfare States

Bent Greve

Introduction

Globalisation and its Impact on Welfare States

The Ageing of Societies

Distributional Issues

Short Overview of the Chapters

Conclusion

Part 1 European Welfare Perspective








A Tale of Two Pensions Reforms: A Sraffian View



Is there a Demographic Time-bomb?



A Market Imitating Employment Subsidy



Pauperising Cities? Towards a Regional Framework for
EU Poverty Statistics

Part 2 Global Perspectives




Welfare State and Uncertainty – Two Different Views



Inequality and Unemployment: Reflections on Theory and on Europe



International Finance for Development and the New Transnational
Dimension of Welfare in Poor Countries




From Globalisation to World Welfare:



Established and Emerging Global Actors

Bibliography

Index