The times they are changing? : crisis and the welfare state
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The times they are changing? : crisis and the welfare state
(Broadening perspectives on social policy)
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
- : pbk
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  Tochigi
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  Toyama
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
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  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
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Note
"Originally published as Volume 45, Issue 4 of Social Policy & Administration"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world.
Provides comprehensive and in depth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of the financial crisis
Reveals how the financial crisis is changing our perception of the welfare states
Features contributions from policy researchers and academics from around the world
Table of Contents
Editorial Introduction: Overview and Conclusion 1
Bent Greve 1 To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressure to Reform the Welfare State? 7
Barbara Vis, Kees van Kersbergen and Thomas H. Hylands
2 Falling Back on Old Habits? A Comparison of the Social and Unemployment Crisis Reactive Policy Strategies in Germany, the UK and Sweden 23
Heejung Chung and Stefan Thewissen
3 The Impact of the Crisis on Australian Social Security Policy in Historical Perspective 41
Peter Saunders and Chris Deeming
4 US Social Policy in the 21st Century: The Difficulties of Comprehensive Social Reform 59
Anne Daguerre
5 Economic Crisis and Welfare Retrenchment: Comparing Irish Policy Responses in the 1970s and 1980s with the Present 79
Fiona Dukelow
6 Crisis and Welfare State Change in the Netherlands 101
Mara Yerkes and Romke van der Veen
7 Explaining Welfare Reforms in Italy between Economy and Politics: External Constraints and Endogenous Dynamics 117
Franca Maino and Stefano Neri
8 The Economic Crisis as a Trigger of Convergence? Short-time Work in Italy, Germany and Austria 137
Stefano Sacchi, Federico Pancaldi and Claudia Arisi
9 Health Care Policy for Better or for Worse? Examining NHS Reforms During Times of Economic Crisis versus Relative Stability 161
Lorraine Frisina Doetter and Ralf Goetze
Index 179
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