Social Policy in the Smaller European Union States / / ed. by Gary B. Cohen, Jane Gingrich, Robert Henry Cox, Ben W. Ansell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ansell, Ben W.,; Ashton, Toni,; Bolgani, Iva,; Cheng, Tsung-Mei,; Chinitz, David,; Cohen, Gary B.,; Cox, Robert Henry,; Crivelli, Luca,; Eliason, Scott R.,; Gingrich, Jane,; Hamilton, William,; Heinisch, Reinhard,; Kurzer, Paulette,; Lim, Meng-Kin,; Maarse, Hans,; Meislin, Rachel,; Okma, Kieke G. H.,; Saari, Juho,; Sipilä, Jorma,; Stryker, Robin,; Tenbensel, Tim,; Tranby, Eric,; Watson, Sara,
• HerausgeberIn: Ansell, Ben W.,; Cohen, Gary B.,; Cox, Robert Henry,; Gingrich, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary European History ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)

In Europe and around the world, social policies and welfare services have faced increasing pressure in recent years as a result of political, economic, and social changes. Just as Europe was a leader in the development of the welfare state and the supportive structures of corporatist politics from the 1920s onward, Europe in particular has experienced stresses from globalization and striking innovation in welfare policies. While debates in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France often attract wide international attention, smaller European countries—Belgium, Denmark, Austria, or Finland—are often overlooked. This volume seeks to correct this unfortunate oversight as these smaller countries serve as models for reform, undertaking experiments that only later gain the attention of stymied reformers in the larger countries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction: Social Policy in the Smaller EU States -- Section I. The Social Investment Agenda: From Ideas to Policy? -- 1. How Globalization and the European Union are Changing European Welfare States -- 2. Family Policies, Education, and Female Labor Market Participation in Advanced Capitalist Democracies -- 3. Double Transformation: How to Adjust Institutional Social Policy? -- 4. The Social Investment State: A New Trend in Social Expenditure or Merely a Popular Political Discourse? -- Section II. Interest Coalitions, Ideas, and Social Reform -- 5. Multiple Market Prescriptions: The Diverse Models of Health Care Reform in Sweden -- 6. Austrian Social Policy Reform in the Era of Integration and Rising Populism -- 7. Of Firms and Flexibility: The Dynamics of Collective Bargaining Reform in Spain and Portugal -- Section III. Diverging Institutional Legacies, Ideas, and Social Reform -- 8. Social Policy Change “Under the Radar Screen”: Health Care Reforms in Seven Small Countries -- 9. Humboldt Humbled? The Germanic University System in Comparative Perspective -- 10 Beyond the Welfare State: Consumer Protection and Risk Perceptions in the European Union and Austria -- Conclusion: Ideas and Social Reform -- Notes on Contributors -- Index