Changing Welfare State in Europe

Edited by the late David G. Mayes, formerly Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions, Director, Europe Institute and Director, NZ Governance Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand and Anna Michalski, Associate Professor, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden

• Contents:Preface1. Introduction: The Changing Welfare StateAnna Michalski and David Mayes2. Social Models in the Enlarged European UnionDavid Mayes and Zaidah Mustaffa3. The Economic Crisis and Prospects for European Social Insurance and Democratic GovernanceKatherine Lyons and Christine Cheyne4. Active Social Policies, Inclusion and Democracy in the European UnionMark Thomson5. Democratic Boundaries in the US and Europe: Inequality, Localization and Voluntarism in Social WelfareTess Altman and David G. Mayes6. Privatizing Welfare. Changing the Face of Social Protection and Democracy in EuropeTess Altman and Cris Shore7. The Rise of the Unelected. The UK Health System and the Rise and Fall of Arm’s Length BodiesDavid Mayes and Zaidah Mustaffa8. Democratic Governance and Policy Coordination in the EUAnna MichalskiReferencesIndex

‘The financial sustainability of the welfare state, its efficiency in covering new risks and to effectively reallocate resources in a fair way are now classic issues for debate. This book explores the more understated question of the democratic legitimacy of a “quasi” European policy in a field which is subjected to the contradictory impact of ever tighter European economic governance. With the wide vision of a comparative perspective and the deep knowledge of social policy scholars, the authors of this book offer inspiring insights into different facets of democratic governance which are likely to inform European decision makers in the coming decade.’