1st Edition
Expanding Welfare in an Age of Austerity Increasing Protection in an Unprotected World
By Anthony Kevins
Copyright 2017
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
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... Read more
1. Struggling with Persistent Gaps Studying the Welfare State Methodology 2. A Tale of Two RMIs Contextualising the Cases Explaining Benefit Reform Politics and the RMIs Southern European Characteristics and Public Pressure 3. Public Attitudes toward the Unemployed in Continental, Southern Europe, and Beyond Extending the Comparison Examining Public Opinion 4. Southern European Characteristics in the Broader Context The Models Findings 5. Bismarck, Beveridge, and Making the Transition Contextualising the Cases Beveridge versus Bismarck Explaining Healthcare Reform Italian Advancements Staying the Course in France 6. Healthcare Reform and Public Opinion in Continental and Southern Europe Extending the Comparison Examining Public Opinion 7. Examining Healthcare Coverage across the OECD The Models Findings Conclusion 8. Rectifying Coverage Gaps, Bibliography, Appendix: A Brief Methodological Note.
Biography
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.
