Why We Need a New Welfare State - Couverture souple

Esping-Andersen, Gosta

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199256438 ISBN 13 : 9780199256433

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

Synopsis

Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future of the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and justice. The volume concentrates on four principal social policy domains; the aged and transition to retirement; the welfare issues related to profound changes in working life; the risks and needs that arise in households and, especially, in child families; and the challenges of creating gender equality. The volume aims to promote a better understanding of the key welfare issues that will have to be faced in the coming decades. It also warns against the all-too-frequent recourse to patent policy solutions that have all to often characterized debate. It intends to move the policy debate from its often frustrating vague and generic level towards greater specificity and nuance.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Written by some of the leading writers in the field ... presents the thoughts of those at the heart of European policy ... required reading for anyone interested in the politics of welfare among advanced industrial countries. (Work, employment and society)

... offers an extremely sophisticated comparative analysis, well grounded in data ... an important addition to the literature for teachers and postgraduate students of social policy. (Journal of Social Policy)

Biographie de l'auteur

Gosta Esping-Andersen is a Professor of Sociology at Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0199256438
• ISBN 13: 9780199256433
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 274