Transformation of Welfare States? / / Nick Ellison.

• VerfasserIn: Ellison, Nick,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Taylor & Francis,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Includes index.

This accessible work provides a 'political sociology' of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the transformations they have undergone and the challenges they face. This book assesses current debates about the role of 'globalization' in welfare state change, paying particular attention to contemporary views about the capacity of embedded institutional structures to limit the effects of global economic pressures. Ellison assesses the changing.

Table of Contents

'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social democratic regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.