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PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-101403902240

ISBN-139781403902245

eBay Product ID (ePID)113377662

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePolitical Economy of European Welfare Capitalism

Publication Year2012

SubjectPolitical Economy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Public Policy / Social Policy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorDaniel Wincott, C. Hay

Series21st Century Europe Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2012-024046

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews'Every decade or so a book comes along that defines research in the comparative political economy of the advanced industrial states. If the 1990s belonged to Esping-Andersen and the 2000s to Hall and Soskice, the next decade belongs to Hay and Wincott. Combining historical synthesis, comparative analysis, and cutting-edge theory, they give us a refreshing and insightful account of the genesis, evolution, and transformation of European welfare states. Critically interrogating the impact of globalization, regionalization and competitiveness on these states, Hay and Wincott recast the evolution of European Welfare Capitalism as always and everywhere a political struggle over market imperatives.' - Mark Blyth, Brown University, USA

Series Volume Number11

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentIntroduction European Welfare Capitalism in Good Times and Bad Varieties of European Welfare Capitalism Globalization, Europeanization and the Welfare State Competitiveness and the Welfare State European Integration and Welfare Capitalism Convergence and Divergence in European Welfare Trajectories European Welfare Capitalism in Hard Times.

SynopsisA state-of-the-art assessment of welfare provision, policy and reform at national and at EU level which spans the whole of Europe - East, West and Central. Uniquely broad-ranging in scope, and covering the latest research findings and theoretical debates, it provides a genuinely comparative overview text for students of 21st century Europe., In this state-of-the-art work, Colin Hay and Daniel Wincott reassess welfare provision across the whole of Europe - East, West and Central - and at the national and EU level. The book challenges much conventional wisdom about the welfare state, including the widely accepted notion of a 'golden age' of welfare, the idea of a challenge posed by globalization, and the notion of the welfare state as a burden on competitiveness and a drain on economic performance. The authors put forward an alternative analysis of European welfare capitalism which highlights the importance of European economic integration, domestic political dynamics and demographic change in determining welfare trajectories. They conclude with a compelling account of the challenges to which European welfare states must respond if they are to survive in the new era of public austerity., A state-of-the-art assessment of welfare provision, policy and reform at national and at EU level which spans the whole of Europe - East, West and Central. Uniquely broad-ranging in scope, and covering the latest research findings and theoretical debates, it provides a genuinely comparative overview text for students of twenty-first-century Europe.

LC Classification NumberJA1-92