Expanding Welfare in an Age of Austerity - Anthony Kevins

Expanding Welfare in an Age of Austerity

Increasing Protection in an Unprotected World

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Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2017
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6298-021-1 (ISBN)
133,40 inkl. MwSt
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This book asks why different nations have taken different tacks in handling-or not handling-the increasing gap between the regularly employed and those who have nonstandard, irregular work or are unemployed.
In recent decades, and particularly since the financial crisis, continental Europe has seen an increasing gap between those workers who have well-protected, good-paying jobs with strong benefits and those who work lower-quality, nonstandard jobs, or who have no regular work at all. This situation would seem to call for increased spending on the social safety net, yet governments throughout the region have instead been turning to austerity. In the face of that reality, the options for helping disadvantaged workers are to extend coverage through re-allocating the benefits given to higher-level workers, maintain the benefits of the well-off as the number of outsiders continues to grow, or simply ignore the problem. This book asks why different nations have taken different tacks in handling-or not handling-this problem.

Anthony Kevins is an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, affiliated with the UNIWEL research project. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2014.

1. Struggling with Persistent Gaps Studying the Welfare State Methodology Conclusion 2. A Tale of Two RMIs Contextualising the Cases Explaining Benefit Reform Politics and the RMIs Southern European Characteristics and Public Pressure Conclusion 3. Public Attitudes toward the Unemployed in Continental, Southern Europe, and Beyond Extending the Comparison Examining Public Opinion Conclusion 4. Southern European Characteristics in the Broader Context The Models Findings Conclusion 5. Bismarck, Beveridge, and Making the Transition Contextualising the Cases Beveridge versus Bismarck Explaining Healthcare Reform Italian Advancements Staying the Course in France Conclusion 6. Healthcare Reform and Public Opinion in Continental and Southern Europe Extending the Comparison Examining Public Opinion Conclusion 7. Examining Healthcare Coverage across the OECD The Models Findings Conclusion 8. Rectifying Coverage Gaps Bibliography Appendix: A Brief Methodological Note

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Changing Welfare States
Zusatzinfo 12 Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort Amsterdam
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 94-6298-021-7 / 9462980217
ISBN-13 978-94-6298-021-1 / 9789462980211
Zustand Neuware
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