1st Edition

The Future of the Social Investment State Politics, Policies and Outcomes

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

Social investment is part of a strategy to modernize the European welfare states by focusing on human resource development throughout the life-course, while ensuring financial sustainability. The last decades have seen cost containment in areas such as pensions and health care, but also expansion in areas such as early childhood education, higher education and active labor market policies. This... Read more

1. The future of the social investment state: politics, policies, and outcomes Marius R. Busemeyer, Caroline de la Porte, Julian L. Garritzmann and Emmanuele Pavolini  2. Social investment as a policy paradigm Anton Hemerijck 3. Agents of institutional change in EU policy: the social investment moment Caroline de la Porte and David Natali 4. Public demand for social investment: new supporting coalitions for welfare state reform in Western Europe? Julian L. Garritzmann, Marius R. Busemeyer and Erik Neimanns 5. The multidimensional politics of social investment in conservative welfare regimes: family policy reform between social transfers and social investment Silja Häusermann 6. The Matthew effect in childcare use: a matter of policies or preferences? Emmanuele Pavolini and Wim Van Lancker 7. Good intentions and Matthew effects: access biases in participation in active labour market policies Giuliano Bonoli and Fabienne Liechti 8. Political participation in European welfare states: does social investment matter? Paul Marx and Christoph Giang Nguyen  9. Pro-elderly welfare states within child-oriented societies Róbert Iván Gál, Pieter Vanhuysse and Lili Vargha

Biography

Marius R. Busemeyer is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz, Germany.



Caroline de la Porte is a Professor in European and Comparative Welfare Policy in the Department of International Economics, Government and Business at the Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark.



Julian L. Garritzmann is a Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.



Emmanuele Pavolini is Full Professor in Economic Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Macerata, Italy.