Generational Welfare Contract

Simon Birnbaum, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Södertörn University, Tommy Ferrarini, Associate Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden, Kenneth Nelson, Professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford, UK and Joakim Palme, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Three dimensions of generational justice 3. The generational welfare contract 4. Profiling the generational welfare contract 5. Contracts against poverty 6. Contracts for life satisfaction and happiness 7. Contracts for trust 8. Contracts for or against employment? 9. Politics of generational welfare contracts 10. The generational welfare contract on the agenda Index

'Adopting a life course perspective, this book is the first ever to systematically analyse the degree of generational balance in nations' social policies. This is a fundamental issue, not only from a social justice perspective, but also for the political legitimacy and long-term sustainability of a welfare state. The Generational Welfare Contract is arguably the single most important welfare state study in our times. And it is one of those rare groundbreaking contributions that is destined to (re-)define social policy research for many years to come.'