The Transformation of Solidarity : : Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State /

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The Transformation of Solidarity : : Changing Risks and the Future of the Welfare State / / ed. by Peter Achterberg, Mara Yerkes, Romke van der Veen.

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This pioneering study investigates the consequences of social indivualization and economic globalization on the welfare state. With a particular focus on solidarity, or the willingness to accept shared risks, the editors look at the dynamics between the aging and the young, the healthy and the sick,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backfile 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Achterberg, Peter,
Dekker, Fabian,
Dérogée, Pascal,
Heilbron, Johan,
Mascini, Peter,
Pruijt, Hans,
Quak, Sander,
Raven, Judith,
Soentken, Menno,
Tijdens, Kea,
Veen, Romke van der,
Yerkes, Mara,
HerausgeberIn:
Achterberg, Peter,
Yerkes, Mara,
van der Veen, Romke,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Changing Welfare States
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Risk and the Welfare State
  • 2. Contested Solidarity
  • 3. Individualisation: A Double-edged Sword
  • 4. Labour Flexibility and Support for Social Security
  • 5. Increasing Employability
  • 6. Corporatism and the Mediation of Social Risks
  • 7. Changing Labour Policies of Transnational Corporations
  • 8. From Welfare to Workfare
  • 9. Towards a New Welfare Settlement?
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects

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