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Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State


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This series presents leading edge research on the recasting of European welfare states. The series is interdisciplinary, featuring contributions from experts in economics, political science and social policy. The books provide a comparative analysis of topical issues, including:

  • reforms of the major social programmes - pensions, health, social security
  • the changing political cleavages in welfare politics
  • policy convergence and social policy innovation
  • the impact of globalization.

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Pension Reform in Europe Politics, Policies and Outcomes

Pension Reform in Europe: Politics, Policies and Outcomes

1st Edition

Edited By Camila Arza, Martin Kohli
March 11, 2011

This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes. Pension reform has been a top policy priority for European governments ...

Pension Politics Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies

Pension Politics: Consensus and Social Conflict in Ageing Societies

1st Edition

By Patrik Marier
February 02, 2011

Population ageing and slower economic growth have raised serious questions about the willingness and ability of governments to maintain current social policies. Within this new reality, discussions on the future of public pensions have been predominant in political debates across Europe. This ...

Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe: Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

1st Edition

Edited By Maurizio Ferrera
April 29, 2009

This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an initial discussion of the 'southern model' of the welfare state, the situation of each country is clearly illustrated. This book also ...

Regulating New Forms of Employment Local Experiments and Social Innovation in Europe

Regulating New Forms of Employment: Local Experiments and Social Innovation in Europe

1st Edition

Edited By Ida Regalia
March 05, 2009

Using a comparative framework, this new volume focuses on how non-standard employment can be regulated in very different social, political and institutional settings. After surveying these new forms of work and the new demands for labour-market regulation, the authors identify possible solutions ...

The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States Adapting Post-War Social Policies to New Social Risks

The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States: Adapting Post-War Social Policies to New Social Risks

1st Edition

Edited By Klaus Armingeon, Giuliano Bonoli
December 03, 2007

This new study assesses the welfare state to ask key questions and draw new conclusions about its place in modern society. It shows how the welfare states that we have inherited from the early post-war years had one main objective: to protect the income of the male breadwinner. Today, however, ...

Normative Foundations of the Welfare State The Nordic Experience

Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience

1st Edition

By Nanna Kildal, Stein Kuhnle
December 08, 2006

This is a sharp analysis of the unique Nordic welfare system with urgent lessons for governments and societies across the globe. Welfare programs and institutions tend to be analyzed as instrumental arrangements, overlooking the fact that welfare programs are essentially expressions of moral ...

Comparing Welfare Capitalism Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA

Comparing Welfare Capitalism: Social Policy and Political Economy in Europe, Japan and the USA

1st Edition

Edited By Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Philip Manow
October 26, 2001

This book challenges the popular thesis of a downward trend in the viability of welfare states in competitive market economies.With approaches ranging from historical case studies to cross-national analyses, the contributors explore various aspects of the relationships between welfare states, ...

Controlling a New Migration World

Controlling a New Migration World

1st Edition

Edited By Virginie Guiraudon, Christian Joppke
October 12, 2001

Controlling a New Migration World explores the factors that drive recent migration control policies and, in turn, sheds light on the unintended consequences of policies for the new character of migration. This book asks how we can account for the immigration policies of liberal states. Is the ...

Renegotiating the Welfare State Flexible Adjustment through Corporatist Concertation

Renegotiating the Welfare State: Flexible Adjustment through Corporatist Concertation

1st Edition

Edited By Gerhard Lehmbruch, Frans van Waarden
July 29, 2003

Why have some countries have been more successful in welfare state reform than others? This book examines the experiences of various countries in reforming their welfare states through renegotiations between the state and peak associations of employers and employees. This corporatist concertation ...

Immigration and Welfare Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State

Immigration and Welfare: Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State

1st Edition

Edited By Michael Bommes, Andrew Geddes
January 18, 2001

Immigration and Welfare avoids simplistic and unhelpful notions of the 'threat' of immigration to analyse the effects of immigration on national welfare states in an integrating Europe. It explores new migration challenges, such as asylum seekers and Europe's increasingly restrictive immigration ...

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